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These days, you can't swing a hammer without hitting a product marketing itself as "green." But while the sustainable building trend is one that's often as good for the bottom line as it is for environment, all this bandwagon-jumping can lead to greenwashing, leaving many pros and consumers...
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Through the point of installing insulation in his 3,600-square-foot custom home near Columbia, S.C., architect Mark Bostic has yet to make or pay for a trip to the local landfill. In Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jeff Zolnik serves about three-quarters of the area's builders with his construction waste...
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A roundup of green building news, including renewable energy tax incentives and reports from West Coast Green.
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Eleven new products for sustainable homes.
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West Coast Green attendees didn’t have to go far to see the possibilities for pre-fab green construction. The conference show house was constructed out of reused shipping containers in the middle of the show floor.
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The Burlington Northern train runs through Ft. Collins, Colo., 10 times a day, and architect Pete Weber designed a mixed-use project right next to its noisy tracks. On this project, Weber, creative director for Boulder, Colo.-based Coburn Development, speced Weather Shield's Zo-e-shield 6 laminated...
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Consumer Reports criticizes federal energy efficiency labeling program as too lax.
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A roundup of green building news, including San Diego's new recycling mandate and USGBC's strategic plan.
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By the end of August, when Kristy Moyer tallied the year-todate certifications issued for Albuquerque and Rio Rancho homes built to the Build Green NM specifications, 97 of the total 127 certifications had been issued for new homes at Pulte Homes' Loma Colorado community in Rio Rancho.
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