Posted by Ken Gardner in Green Business on 12 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Why we need to build ‘green’...

Many people want to be environmentally conscious but either don’t know where to start or think it is too much trouble to “go green.” Some people believe that building green costs more and dismiss it as unaffordable. More and more studies suggest that building “green” generates significant savings over the life cycle of a building, at an equivalent initial cost. Green buildings can reduce up to 50 percent of electricity consumption, 70 percent of waste output, cut emissions by 39 percent and cut water use by 40 percent. There are five core...

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Posted by Ken Gardner in Green Business on 11 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Bringing the Benefits of Green Building ...

More than a decade ago the U.S. Green Building Council, a nonprofit coalition of 16,000-plus member companies and organizations from throughout the building industry, launched the LEED green building certification program — a voluntary program that defines high-performance green buildings. Since then, LEED has certified more than 13,500 green commercial buildings and homes with nearly 60,000 more seeking certification. Today, 42 percent of all LEED-certified homes qualify as low-income housing, thanks in large part to a grant from The Home Depot Foundation that helps...

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Posted by Ken Gardner in Green Business on 10 20th, 2010 | No Comments

U.S. Green Building Council Launches Pus...

Stoddert Elementary School Principal Marjorie Cuthbert sees her school as a “microcosm of solving future world problems.” The Washington, D.C., public school reopened recently after a renovation that added a geothermal heating and cooling system, energy usage displays, information kiosks in three different languages, numerous new windows, a greenhouse made from recycled water bottles and carbon dioxide censors. Students are assembled in “green teams” and give tours to visitors using a guide put together by the U.S. Green Building Council. The school...

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