]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/building-council Blog Articles Tagged with 'building-council' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128357?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Passing the LEED ExamLast Thursday I took--and passed--the LEED accreditation exam. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is a performance-based rating system for green buildings established by the U.S Green Building Cou... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128357?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:34:59 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/125469?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Image source: Ambrose HotelThe Ambrose Hotel, in Santa Monica, CA, was just awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/125469?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:40:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/125412?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Dear Mr. President-elect*:As I was saying last time, America is entering a period of unprecedented growth and building that will challenge us as a people. To maximize the quality of life for all Americans in a climate of growing demands for limi... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/125412?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:57:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/123935?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Laura: did she really need 5000 ft? Welcome to EcoManor, built in Atlanta by Ted Turner's daughter. At 5,000 square feet its about as eco as a Hummer, but that did not stop it being certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The upshot? Anyone ri... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/123935?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:39:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/123134?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council As the largest consumer and small business bank, BofA (NYSE: BAC) can have a major positive or negative impact on the environment. Since March, 2007, the bank has taken on a $20 billion initiative to encourage environmentally friendly business ac... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/123134?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:02:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/122406?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Hey, it's not just me. The amazing Todd Litman, who has literally written an encyclopedia of information on transportation and the environment, has recently joined the debate on what makes a green building really green.In particular, through his ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/122406?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:08:56 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/119163?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Though I've never experienced the college dorm setting in my lifetime, I have spent far too much of my time watching TV shows focusing on the college dorm (Gilmore Girls anyone?). So this story has a little bit of a soft spot with me, on top of the f... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/119163?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:15:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/116597?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council By Joseph Romm John McCain takes the conserve out of conservative. His entire energy efficiency strategy would fit on one side of a very small file card and can be summarized as follows: Ban Porsches, green federal buildings, and applaud hom... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/116597?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:11:20 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/116310?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council According to a story in the New York Times: METTAWA, Ill. HSBC, the giant London-based bank, has moved its North American headquarters to a sprawling facility that it bills as carbon neutral in this hamlet about 30 miles north of Chicago. ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/116310?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:42:22 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/115351?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Going green' is more than a mere fad in the hotel industry. The San Francisco based Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants began implementing environmental initiatives in 1985. Twenty years later Kimpton created EarthCare, which has over 40 eco-friendly p... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/115351?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/113422?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council By Mike Tidwell Imagine a Major League Baseball stadium constructed to actually fight lung disease. Imagine engineers eschewing asbestos in every form, using only materials approved by the American Lung Association. Imagine emergency inhalers at ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/113422?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:22:08 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/112467?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council David Gottfried's resume overwhelms us. He's the founder of the U.S. Green Building Council and the World Green Building Council, president of WorldBuild, a green strategic consulting firm, and author of Greed to Green: The Transformation of an Indu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/112467?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:22:02 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/112001?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council The Center for Health, Environment & Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing environmental health harms caused by chemical threats, recently released a report stating that shower curtains made with PVC contain numerous harmful chem... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/112001?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:17:20 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/99942?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council We admit we should have jumped on this news earlier, like in late 2007, but better late than never to report that the HSBC Tower in downtown Mexico City is the first building in Latin America to receive LEED Gold certification from the Mexico Green B... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/99942?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:56:32 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/98855?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Anyone who reads Inhabitat with any regularity knows that we love our eco fashion almost as much as we love green architecture and new technology. We believe in the interdisciplinary nature of design innovation, and love to see sustainable design co... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/98855?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:42:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/97827?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Anyone who reads Inhabitat with any regularity knows that we love our eco fashion almost as much as we love green architecture and new technology. We believe in the interdisciplinary nature of design innovation, and love to see sustainable design co... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/97827?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:42:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/97642?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council It all begins with education. First off consumer awareness is murky. To put it succinctly it is as clear as mud to most. If you ask anybody what going green means to them, they will likely respond, environmentally friendly, using clean energy, conse... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/97642?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:57:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/97732?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council It all begins with education. Consumer awareness on green building is murky. To put it succinctly it is as clear as mud to most. If you ask anybody what going green means to them, they will likely respond, environmentally friendly, using clean energ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/97732?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:57:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/97022?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Thanks to my NRDC colleague Nancy Stoner for pointing me to a great new article about green roofs on the msnbc web site. We've been struggling a bit within the environmental community to agree on techniques for watershed protection that do not li... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/97022?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:10:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/96648?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council San Francisco's Climate Action Plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 25% of 1990 levels by 2012. To accomplish this goal, Mayor Gavin Newsom is now focusing on small scale wind generation and strengthening local building codes. This could... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/96648?rsstype=tag&tag=building-council Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:21:33 -0400