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Greenbuild 2008: Green Outlook for Sustainable Buildings in 2009
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November 18, 2008 -- GREENBUILD 2008 -- The big annual conference on green building opens November 19, with more than 20,000 attendees. Interest in green buildings is at an all-time high. Do they pay off? We'll be examining that question throughtout Greenbuild. Today: In a meeting prior to the opening of the Greenbuild expo in Boston, McGraw-Hill Construction released the results of three major studies of the financial benefits of sustainable building. Here are some highlights from the reports. -- Energy Priorities
Let’s Mash-Up The ‘Hood
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Can Web 2.0 help bring us back down to 350 ppm? Google Maps, long used to manage car-sharing co-ops, is cropping up in interesting mash-up applications that may give people the tools to inch us closer to a better society. Here are two local examples of how mapping serves green ends, and an idea about where to [...]
Greenbuild 2008 "Revolutionary Green"
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November 18, 2008 -- The big annual conference on green building opened in Boston November 19, with 30,000 attendees. Interest in green real estate is at an all-time high. Does green building pay off? We'll be examining that question throughtout Greenbuild. This article is your gateway to Energy Priorities Magazine's coverage. We'll add to this index as we add articles about the Greenbuild 2008 Conference and Expo in Boston. -- Energy Priorities
VC Calls Green Building Technologies "Bright Spot" in Economy
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November 21, 2008 -- Nancy Floyd, founder of cleantech venture capital firm Nth Power, says the building market is at the tipping point and ripe for disruption. Venture capitalists have not paid attention to the green building market's potential, but they should: "Green building is the bright spot in this recession." -- Energy Priorities
Greenbuild 2008: Keynote with Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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November 19, 2008 -- GREENBUILD 2008 -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate and revered advocate against poverty and human rights abuses, is this year's keynote speaker at Greenbuild 2008, Boston. -- Energy Priorities
USGBC Leadership Award Recipients Named at Greenbuild 2008
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November 20, 2008 -- GREENBUILD 2008 -- The USGBC has named the recipients of its 2008 Leadership Awards to recognize companies and individuals who signify vision, leadership and commitment to the evolution of green building design and construction. -- Energy Priorities
Dark Economic Clouds Have Green Linings (TechFlash)
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November 19, 2008 -- Cleantech stocks are down. But lower oil prices or a drop in the stock market cannot stop the powerful momentum pushing the revolution forward. -- Energy Priorities
Recycling Biz Crashing
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The global economic downshift could potentially be hitting home in an unexpected place: your blue box. “Recycling companies are saying we can’t take metal or plastics anymore,” says Mairi Welman, Director of Communications for the Recycling Council of British Columbia. “They don’t have any space to put it, and they can’t sell it.” The problem originates with [...]
Obama Kills it On Climate
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The president-elect records a short video for a meeting of climate wonks in California, pledging $15 Billion a year for clean energy research. Obama’s plan also calls for a cap-and-trade system that will help reduce U.S. emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and by a further 80 per cent by 2050. "Anyone who wants to [...]
LEED 2009: Rating System Is Shifting its Focus to Energy and Carbon for Commercial Buildings
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November 06, 2008 -- Members of the U.S. Green Building Council are voting on whether to approve LEED 2009, the latest evolution of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building certification system. The update includes a series of technical changes focused on improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions. -- Energy Priorities
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