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I wrote a while back about the availability of green products in America vs. Europe. It’s true that America is a bit behind in offering eco-friendly products, but I think that tide is turning. In fact, I just visited a newly opened store in my local mall that’s called All Things ReNewable. This store offers [...]
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The Green the Capitol initiative began in March 2007, led by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The goal was to be more environmentally responsible, and to showcase sustainability for employees and visitors. The number of issues that this project tackled is impressive, and they’ve shown strong results toward reaching three outlined objectives: 1. [...]
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I have to agree with many of Jeff’s comments in response to the news that American builders aren’t embracing green. But there are many ways in which the American perspective is changing in response to market conditions. It’s my fervent belief that those builder that aren’t changing their ways will get a wake up call [...]
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According to a study by Calvert Group, American builders aren’t embracing sustainable building design and construction for more energy-efficient buildings. The group concludes that for the most part, “the builders haven’t acknowledged a market for green homes or that they have a role in serving and promoting it.” NVR Inc., Standard Pacific, MDC Holdings, and [...]
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allEtronic has an interesting green idea to reduce the use of paper by offering an all-electronic solution for store receipts. I have to say that I really love this idea. Not only does it offer an online means to save and organize receipts, it cuts down on annoying clutter while saving a few trees. The [...]
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I’ll be attending the 7th International EcoCity World Summit in San Francisco next week, from April 23-26. This gathering of change-makers from around the world promises to provide stimulating content aimed at addressing world environmental problems and the role of our urban centers to effect change. Ecocity World Summit 2008 Themes People: population, health, equity, [...]
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A new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s City Design Center has produced a publication illustrating ideas for green development in the community of Garfield Park. Green Schemes: Sustainable Urbanism for Garfield Park [PDF Download] presents 80 concepts, with designs for urban agriculture, public ways, building technology, manufacturing, transportation and other planning elements [...]
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I just received a very clever animated web advertisement from EDF Energy, a U.K.-based electricity supplier, that touts the measures that it’s taking to become a green energy provider. Take a look if you’d like to see an entertaining short clip and read details on how the utility is tackling the issue of climate change. [...]
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A new 400-acre master-planned sustainable community is taking shape just south of Charlotte, SC with a new museum at its core. The Museum of Life and the Environment will contain details on human cultural history as well as natural history. “The Museum’s core exhibits and programs will reveal how human choices affected economic and environmental [...]
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The need for change in the automotive industry has led North American auto makers to embrace technologies that allow them to work more efficiently and effectively. Laird Landis, senior technical engineer at General Motors, spoke at Autodesk World Press Days about his organization’s embrace of Building Information Modeling (BIM). The organization first took the time [...]
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