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Green Building Codes in New England

February 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Paul Revere Statue

The New England states are all over the map as far as mandatory green building codes. Some have little interest, whereas others are progressive. I spent my first 33 winters in Connecticut and New Hampshire. I distinctly remember the last two weeks of January with lows of minus 20-40 degrees and a high rarely above 0 degrees. Bitter northwest winds after snowstorms made it unbearable to go outside. If any region should have energy efficient features built into their codes, it should be New England! Green … [Read more...]

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Green Building In Latin America

December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Like everywhere else in the world, people in Latin America are becoming aware of climate change and the importance of preserving the environment. They are beginning to understand that buildings are energy hogs and detrimental to their quality of life. Green building is coming to the surface as the solution. Architects and municipalities want to reduce energy use, water use, and waste while ensuring there is minimal environmental impact. Natural light and ventilation means less air conditioning … [Read more...]

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5 Green Built College Campuses

October 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Green City Leaf Illustration

As the 21st Century rolls forward, understanding that sustainability is our main mission as a species, green building and leaders in the construction industry have educated themselves in what it will take to build a future. One area where this is most dramatically demonstrated is in the halls of higher education in general. It has been American institutions of learning that have played a major part in leading the nation toward smarter, and more inexpensive, ways to build large scale buildings, … [Read more...]

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Green Building & Solar Energy:The Rapid-Fire Growth

August 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
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Today's guest post is from Dan Harding, resident solar expert at CalFinder, a site that is (among other things related to home improvements) intent on the education of homeowners as to the benefits of residential solar energy and technology. Today, Dan talks about how solar energy is an emerging and evolving technology into the mainstream for homeowners and the construction industry, along with some of the very compelling reasons to investigate solar power as an investment in your home, and as … [Read more...]

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Green Building at UBC and Northern Voice

May 10, 2010 By 6 Comments
UBC Life Sciences Building

This past week, I've had the privilege of attending a prominent and popular social media and blogging conference Northern Voice here in Vancouver.  The conference has been in place for six years, and gathers together the finest minds, and most dedicated life-long learners when it comes to online and offline communicators and community builders. Traditionally, the Northern Voice conference has been held at the University of British Columbia in the Forestry Sciences building.  But, with attendance … [Read more...]

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U.S. Green Building Council Supports 19 Federal Bills for 2010

March 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released, on Feb. 24, 2010, a list of 19 proposed federal bills that it says would advance sustainable building in the U.S. USGBC also praised the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR RA) and honored Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine for their efforts to support and pass support sustainable building standards. In a prepared statement, Roger Platt, Senior Vice President  at USGBC, asserted that green building is one of the … [Read more...]

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Writer and Consultant Anna Clark Offers Ways to Go Green

February 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Anna Clark

President of  Dallas Texas-based Earthpeople Anna Clark presented a community-based free training seminar on ways to save money by going green. The first session of a proposed community-based series called Go Green took place at Downing Hill, a stylish new garden shop in Dallas. Earthpeople is a consulting firm advises local business on how to incorporate green strategies in order to gain an advantage in a competitive marketplace.  She is also an ambassador for local group Eco-Tuesday, which is … [Read more...]

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Experimental 'Eco-City' to Test New Green Technology For Market-Readiness

January 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The 6000-resident population of St. Albert Alberta Canada is planned to be the site of a clean-energy supported green community project with the help of Rampart Avenir Communities, a Dutch investment firm. The project is meant to set up the 135 hectare area, located between Ray Gibbon Drive and Carrot Creek west of the North Ridge community in Edmonton, as a 'living laboratory' of implemented green technologies. The residential setting will then serve to measure possible commercial scalability … [Read more...]

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High-School Program Ensures New Blood In Sustainable Home Building

January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Student Construction

The Building Construction Internship Program (BCIP) based in Kingston Ontario, Canada which is aimed at high-school students, is in place to educate students on the latest in home building technologies. It accomplishes two objectives: it develops a new generation in the fields of sustainable construction, and it also keeps students in school, with trades and other construction-related programs presented as viable career choices. The program gives students hands-on training in real-world principles … [Read more...]

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Video Tour of the ‘Green Life Smart Life” LEED Certified Home

December 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Thanks to some of our followers on Twitter, I was directed to this video which  showcases a Gold LEED Certified residence.  This example shows how green building and cutting edge technology seem to dovetail.  Take a look. You can get another first hand impression by reading this article on the Residential Systems Blog. The points made about green in the video, and also some of the numbers that comes out of utilizing the technology are truly impressive.  But, in some ways it's kind of … [Read more...]

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