In Green Home Building - Posted 1 week ago

Guest blogger, Dan Grifen, has written the following:The world is in a constant state of flux and the environment is no different. Lately, it seems as...

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In Treehugger - Posted 7 weeks ago

Designer, builder, entrepreneur, and sustainability expert, John Picard has been committed to the environment since he went off the grid 20 years ago....

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In Sustainablog - Posted 17 weeks ago

Picture a bowling alley, and you likely come up with images of tacky shoes, greasy food, and lots and lots of beer bottles. Energy efficiency, reuse a...

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In TerraBlog - Posted 22 weeks ago

Eco-friendly garages are anything but by Adam Stein I just finished David Owen's Green Metropolis, the book-length treatment o...

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In Switchboard, from NRDC - Posted 22 weeks ago

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have become history, but the Olympic spirit of Citius, Altius, Fortius appears to have been instilled into China's bu...

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In Treehugger - Posted 23 weeks ago

From the news that soot from cremated human bodies has been falling on homes in Ottawa, Canada to scientists solving wind power's bat-killing problem,...

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In Clean Break - Posted 25 weeks ago

The Real Property Association of Canada, whose members are property investors representing more than $150 billion in real-estate assets, has formally ...

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In Treehugger - Posted 25 weeks ago

Nutrition Labels as Universal Home Labels. Image credit:Jetson GreenMeasuring a building's environmental performance is sensible, assuming stakeholde...

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In Building Seattle Green - Posted 26 weeks ago

Olive 8 becomes first hotel/condominium building in Seattle to receive the nationally-recognized U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) certification...

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In Green Home Building - Posted 34 weeks ago

There are several ways for your home to meet guidelines or gain certification for certain standards for green qualities. The reasons for doing this ...

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