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Green certification increases home values in California

Study reveals that green certified homes are valued 9% higher than comparable properties.




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LEED-Certified space tops 2 billion square feet

The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program reaches a new milestone.




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Ernst & Young completes lighting retrofit

The company's New York headquarters is now equipped with energy-saving LED lighting.




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Tour a LEED Platinum certified denim factory

Tour a LEED Platinum certified denim factory. The VDS Group factory in Bangladesh received LEED Platinum certification.



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Eco-friendly features shine at the WTC

The new World Trade Center buildings will include a bevy of sustainable features that maximize energy efficiency, reduce waste and minimize the environmental im




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Community Green offers free USGBC membership

Organization will provide a one-year membership to the U.S. Green Building Council.



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World Green Building Week 2012

'Green Buildings for Great Communities' is the theme for World Green Building Week 2012.



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Eco-Driven with Toyota & Friends

Message of the week from the Eco-Driven with Toyota & Friends conference: Everyone can make greener choices. Attending this event has made me realize I can make



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Exploratorium aims for net-zero energy use

If it meets the goal, the Exploratorium in San Francisco will be the largest net-zero energy use museum in the nation.




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Barnes Foundation earns LEED Platinum

The building is the first major art and education facility to earn Platinum level LEED certification.




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Perkins+Will tops 150 LEED certifications

The architectural design firm’s portfolio includes 20 LEED Platinum certified facilities.




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LEED for Homes Awards recipients revealed ahead of Greenbuild 2012

With the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo about to kick off in San Francisco, the organization announces the recipient



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Method Homes really packs in the green with latest prefab series

Attractive but not arresting in appearance, the Paradigm series of green prefabs from Seattle's Method Homes has the potential to achieve recognition from the w



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Atlanta Hawks purchase green energy for arena

The Hawks and Philips Arena have purchased enough clean energy to power the facility for the 2012-2013 basketball season.



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Boston's Castle Square Apartments receives royally efficient retrofit

After the nation's largest deep energy retrofit, the Castle Square Apartments in Boston's South End achieves LEED Platinum status.



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Prefab brings modern day sustainability to historic planned community

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.



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Virginia is top LEED certified state in 2012

The U.S. Green Building Council announced that Virginia had the most amount of LEED certified space per resident in 2012.




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A Bronx kale: Affordable housing meets hydroponic farming in Morrisania

In the South Bronx, a 124-unit housing development with a rooftop farm combines low-income housing with an emphasis on healthy living and fresh food.



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Hayden Place: A dreamy green workplace

If I had to work in an office, Cuningham Group Architecture's Hayden Place would be my dream green workplace.




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Father of LEED not a fan of 'green' buildings

Speaking at a sustainability and design conference in Atlanta, LEED pioneer Rob Watson explains that 'there are good buildings, and there are bad buildings.'




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San Francisco's Orchard Hotel has small sustainable touches and impressive sustainable practices

This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives.




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BIG-designed tower aims to liven up white collar downtown Calgary

Calgary will be getting yet another show-stopping skyscraper, this one a LEED Platinum-exceeding mixed-use development designed by Bjarke Ingels Group.



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The Wyeth: A LEED luxury development with the right amount of crunch

In a refreshing departure from the norm, the developers of a LEED luxury development in Cambridge focus on amenities and sustainability with equal measure.



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Languishing landmark YMCA reborn as green housing in South L.A.

Paul Williams' landmark 28th Street YMCA in South L.A. emerges from a LEED Gold restoration project, historically significant identity still intact.



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LEED-aiming residence hall bans dorm room staple: The mini-fridge

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.




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Deep green student demo home for sale in Tennessee

Now that it's established itself as one of the greenest homes in the Volunteer State, the New Norris House is seeking a private buyer.



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Supportive housing community in Portland recognized on AIA Top Green list

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.




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Make It Right reveals green housing for Montana's Fort Peck Reservation

As Make It Right inches toward the finish line in New Orleans, the housing nonprofit unveils 5 designs that address overcrowding at Fort Peck Reservation.



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Levi's Stadium, new home of the San Francisco 49ers, scores LEED Gold

This isn't your grandfather's vegetation-topped, solar-powered, vegan pulled pork sandwich-selling football stadium.



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Even at 100, San Francisco City Hall couldn't be greener

The palatial Beaux-Arts beauty completed in 1915 is named the oldest LEED Platinum building.



  • Arts & Culture

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The Morning Briefing: 12/23

Obama's energy policy will be pretty corny, which could be bad for soybeans. Could we turn to air force for power? And should we take time to reflect on global



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Last Call: 12/30

The oil bubble bursts as Brazil and Hawaii say "yes we cane" to ethanol. Also: saving elephants by buying ivory, saving trees by using paper, and saving endange



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C'mon baby, light my eco-fire

Fueled by denatured ethanol, the EcoSmart Fire is a clean, green alternative to traditional fireplaces.



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Willie Smits reconstructs the 'rain machine' of Borneo

The rainforest as a living machine, is quite possibly the most sophisticated technology on the planet.



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Danish royalty opens Colorado wind factories

The Danes are helping kick-start Colorado's green energy economy.



  • Research & Innovations

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United Nations says existing biofuel policies bad for the Earth

New report calls for less damage in the development of biofuels.




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Cellulosic ethanol fuel breakthrough: 85% cleaner and only $2 a gallon

Two companies, both with ties to Denmark, produce low-cost enzymes that can greatly reduce the cost of environmentally friendly biofuels made from agricultural




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New Ford police cruiser to get EcoBoost

All-new Ford Police Interceptor police cruiser will match the Crown Victoria in power and add eco-friendly upgrades.




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GREEN Jobs Act of 2010

Sens. Grassley and Conrad introduce the Green Jobs Act of 2010, which will extend biofuel tax credits for producers.




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Cut the budget, save the environment

The Green Scissors 2010 report shines the spotlight on government spending that is both wasteful and harmful to the environment.




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Energy issues demand attention in races across the nation

Energy policy has become a local issue, prompting serious debates in races across the nation.




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Lobbyists say 'hold on' to E12 fuel

Twenty-three different groups want the government take more time to study the issue.




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Corn genome decoded: What does this mean?

Complete catalog for the corn gene will have far-reaching implications in the fight against hunger and disease.



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The great ethanol debate heads to the courts

One side says the EPA is overstepping its bounds, while some say it didn't go far enough.




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Drive your car on Four Loko

A recycling company is turning the controversial party drink into real-life car fuel.




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New ethanol blend one step closer to getting in your tank

The EPA has moved one step closer to allowing a higher blend of alternative fuel in your cars, but the usual suspects aren't on board.




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Is the ethanol dream about to end?

In these budget-cutting times, biofuels may be on the chopping block. And with a presidential election looming, politics will play role.




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Republicans continue to do the ethanol dance

Ethanol is emerging as one of the biggest wedge issues for Republicans as they focus on the Iowa caucus.




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Ethanol to keep Huntsman out of Iowa

Ethanol subsidies are such a wedge issue in Iowa that one candidate says he will stay away.




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Ethanol unites extremes of the Senate

Political ideology doesn't matter in the Senate when it comes to ethanol subsidies. Unless your senator comes from a corn state, chances are he or she voted aga