Risky Business?Risky Business?

I have to agree with many of the points made and don’t think they are any less significant today. I value the move to fully integrated and sustained designed and built buildings. Looking to the long term to conserve resources,utilize them appropriately,minimize waste and finally and more importantly be energy efficient.

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Green Infrastructure and Green SpacesGreen Infrastructure and Green Spaces

Land conservation,clean water,obesity,and “green spaces”are amongst the most popular topics of early 2010. In particular,the addition and/or substitution of green spaces has been quite controversial as of late. Senior resident of Urban Land Institute Ed T. McMahon states “Green space adds

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Risky Business

My reasons were liability,redundancy between programs (how do you know which is best),unnecessary I believe in residential housing as it offers no tax breaks only additional costs and more importantly if you are building correctly and with energy efficiency and sustainability in mind you don’t need the silly plaque on the wall.. just do it. And finally

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Re-Greening Your Home RemodelRe-Greening Your Home Remodel

Just when we thought there couldn’t be any more how-to manuals for green building – LEED,GreenPoint checklists,the Title 24 Residential Compliance Manual – along comes another one that might be the best one yet. The 2008 Residential Remodeling Guidelines from Regreen.org (a partnership between the ASID and the USGBC) is clearly written,persuasive,

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Efficiency is cheap,but will it sell?

Expect to see this number a lot in energy discussions over the next few years:2.5 cents/kWh. It is the average cost of energy efficiency,a figure pegged this week in a new report by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.

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