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  • Commentary: Going for the Gold

    Greening our urban areas should not stop with Beijing's Olympic Village.

     
  • The Week in Green: June 16-20

    A roundup of green building news for the week of June 16-20, including green legislation affecting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and affordable LEED-Silver housing in South Florida.

     
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    Austin Ronald McDonald House Lands LEED-Platinum Certification

    Sustainability features in the 30-room facility, which will provide lodging, support services, and meals to ill children and their families, include solar power, stormwater management, and a closed-loop air handling system that prevents spread of germs.

     
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    'Extreme Makeover' Goes Green in New Orleans

    Deltec Homes leads a team of builders on a four-day quest to construct a storm-proof, green home and church.

     
  • LEED 2009: Up for Public Comment

    The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) opened the first public comment period on LEED 2009 this week, marking the third phase of the commercial green building rating system that was launched in 2000. According to the organization, LEED 2009 will address improving energy efficiency, reducing carbon...

     
  • Portland Real Estate Company Makes It Simple to Find Green Homes

    Portland, Ore.-based Realty Trust Group now offers an online database of homes that can be narrowed down to properties certified under LEED, Earth Advantage, or Energy Star.

     
  • Living Future Conference Aims for Deeper Green

    At the Cascadia Region Green Building Council's conference in Vancouver, talk is of going deep green and beyond LEED.

     
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    Panama City, Fla., Home Achieves LEED Platinum

    Today's environmentally conscious builders and building science experts want platinum. And a StalwartBuilt zero-energy home in Panama City, Fla., has it.

     
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    Nationals Park Debuts as Greenest Stadium in U.S.

    WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28 – When the Washington Nationals take the field Sunday night to face the Atlanta Braves, they'll do so at the new Nationals Park, which today became the first major stadium in the country to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental...

     
  • National Options

    Nearly 90 regional and local green building programs across the U.S. have been leading their markets into green building for years, but many believe it will take a national initiative to establish construction and performance standards to move green building solidly into the mainstream. That...