Sustainability & Resilience: Page 43

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    GREEN LEAD | Green Building News

    Tops in the biweekly report from Costar is a comment period on new LEED standards.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012
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    Tranwestern Receives Seventh Consecutive EPA Award

    The Sustained Excellence Award recognizes efforts toward sustainability and reduced energy consumption.

    By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012

  • FEMA Administrator Applauds Green Building as Cornerstone of the Resiliency Agenda

    Craig Fulgate keynoted the National Leadership Speaker Series on Resiliency and Security in the 21st Century

    By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2012
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    EPA Approves Hydrocarbon Refrigerants for Home Appliances

    It is also legal to use isobutane, propane and R-441A in stand-alone commercial units.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2012

  • On Leadership: An Ode to Maverick, Goose and You

    The green building movement feels the need to lead the way.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2012
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    Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin’s Chen Is LEED-Certified

    Her status gives the law firm an unusual capability to offer industrial clients.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2012

  • Project Haiti IV

    The design team, new to Haiti, opts to meet the ICC 2009 Building Code.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 23, 2012
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    GREEN LEAD | Green Building News from CoStar

    GREEN LEAD is a Costar.com column on a range of subjects related to green building and LEED.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2012
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    How To: Add Solar Energy to a Project and Get it Approved

    Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin lawyers talk about entitlements and zoning.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2012
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    Primera Terra, a Post-Recession Redesign Success

    Its big-unit design outmoded by the down market, the 52-unit condo complex rolled with the punches.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 16, 2012

  • Congressional Members Introduce Building Efficiency Measure

    Bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House would push energy efficiency in federal buildings to save money.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 16, 2012
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    Chandler City Hall

    The Arizona city wanted its seat of government to be an icon of good design and sustainability.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 15, 2012
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    Green Products for Home Building

    GreenSource magazine offers its monthly compilation of environmentally friendly products.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 15, 2012

  • USGBC Sees Obama Budget Charting Bold Course for Green Building

    The organization that certified LEED praises a school retrofit proposal in the spending plan.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2012

  • USGBC Preps for 2012 LEED Update

    The third public comment period will open March 1, marking the start of the delivery process.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2012
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    Sustainability: Coming Development Wave to Include Sophisticated Shading Devices

    American building designers are likely to find that energy efficiency can be made in the shade.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2012
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    Dynamic or Static?

    Exterior sun-shading devices are just starting to attract a following in the United States.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012

  • Green Building: Self-Reliance Becomes a Movement

    Green building is about protecting people and enhancing life, not anything as narrow as "efficiency."

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
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    New Green Homes in SLC

    The newest housing development in Salt Lake City, Utah, is solar-powered, eco-friendly, and geothermal.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
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    Environmental Service Company to Pay for Lead-Law Violations

    Poor training for contractors who took its courses is part of the complaint.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012

  • Making Benchmarking Mainstream

    A campaign for benchmarking is aimed at bringing energy-efficiency thinking to spaces that are not considered now.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
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    New Affordable Community Offers Environmental Benefits

    The Crossings brings a green focus to South L.A.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012

  • UN Panel Names Cities as a Vehicle for Sustainable Development

    The UN has disclosed what it hopes will come out of a June environmental conference in Rio De Janeiro.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012

  • While Pundits Debate Green Jobs, We’re Busy Putting America Back to Work

    It seems like a lot of Americans wonder what Congress is fighting over about creating jobs.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012
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    Houston Signs On to Better Buildings Challenge

    The public private partnership is seeking 20% more energy efficiency by 2020.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012