Posted by Ken Gardner in Green Business on 10 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Can We Build in a Brighter Shade of Gree...

When Barbara Landau, an environmental and land-use lawyer in suburban Boston, was shopping for insurance on the energy-efficient home she and her husband were building in the woods just outside of town here, she was routinely asked what sort of furnace the home would have. “None,” she replied. Several insurers declined coverage. “They just didn’t understand what we were trying to do,” Mrs. Landau recalls. “They said the pipes would freeze.” They won’t. A so-called passive home like the one the Landaus are now building is so purposefully designed and built...

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Posted by Ken Gardner in Green Business on 10 4th, 2010 | No Comments

U.S. Green Building Council Launches the...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announces its newest initiative, The Center for Green Schools at USGBC. There are nearly 140,000 schools, colleges and universities in the United States; no one has ever counted the buildings, but thousands are barely built to code. The Center for Green Schools is how USGBC is working toward the ambitious goal of ensuring everyone has the opportunity to attend a green school within this generation. “At USGBC, we understand the profound impact green buildings have on our lives and the innovation they have poured into the...

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Posted by Ken Gardner in General Green Business on 09 27th, 2010 | No Comments

LEED Home or Passive Home?...

The most popularly used sustainable building standard in the United States is the USGBC’s LEED certification.  Its role in the construction industry has become well respected by professionals and offers designers, engineers, construction managers and contractors some consistency in developing aspects of a changing industry.  In other words, these professionals are driven to become familiar with new sustainable construction methods and techniques that are required in order to achieve goals on the LEED scorecard.  Considering today’s building standards for sustainable...

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