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NEARLY $63.2 BILLION LOST BY FACILITIES INDUSTRY SINCE 2004
By: Antonella Barcutian - Friday, April 18, 2008
Source: www.bomi.org
Annapolis, MD- In August 2004 the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported a conservative estimate that each year the US capital facilities industry loses over $15.8 billion due to “the industry’s continued paper-based business practices, a lack of standardization, and inconsistent technology adoption among stakeholders".

A National Study of Water & Energy Consumption in Multifamily Housing
By: National Research Center - Monday, December 17, 2007
Source: National Research Center

National Research Center, Inc. was contracted to conduct a national study comparing laundry-water use rates of apartment residents whose buildings have common area laundry rooms with use rates of apartment residents whose building have laundry facilities in each unit.

The Business Case for Green Buildings 2008
By: Jerry Yudelson - Friday, December 14, 2007
Source: Yudelson Associates

As we round the bend and head for home in 2007, I want to recap how the business case for green buildings has unfolded this year and to forecast how it is likely to develop in 2008. To sum up 2007 in a nutshell: the business community has totally bought into green buildings. That’s it, end of discussion.

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Eco-Build Federal - Washington DC Decemeber 12, 2007
By: David A Harris, FAIA - Monday, November 26, 2007
Source: National Institute of Building Sciences
FEDspec

On December 12 you can

attend FEDspec, which is cosponsored by NIBS and Specifications Consultants in Independent Practice (SCIP). This is an essential meeting for federal and private sector AEC specifiers who work on federal projects.

Building Healthy Hospitals: Top 5 Green Building Strategies for Healthcare
By: Wendi Shafir - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Source: EPA, Pacific Southwest Regional Office
The Pacific Southwest Regional Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has worked with architects, designers, engineers, healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals to identify the "Top 5 Green Building Strategies for Healthcare" that support the Joint Commission’s Environment of Care objectives and best combine: enhanced community reputation; benefits to the environment, patients and staff; and cost competitiveness. The overview summarizes the benefits and case study results for each of the five green building strategies.

Video clips about green building news and the environment.

Jerry Yudelson's Green Building Video Clips
By: Jerry Yudelson - Sunday, November 11, 2007
Source: YouTube
Green building expert, speaker and iGreenBuild.com Sr. Editor Jerry Yudelson has been busy in the news lately and YouTube is streaming the clips right here. Learn a lot about green building in these insightful and easy to play videos.

GREEN BUILDING INDUSTRY’S GROWTH IS REVOLUTIONARY
By: Jerry Yudelson - Thursday, November 1, 2007
Source: Yudelson Associates
Jerry Yudelson, engineer, author, and leading green building consultant is releasing a new book, “The Green Building Revolution” at the Greenbuild Conference in Chicago.

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Quick Search Widget from SchoolFacilities.com
By: SchoolFaciities.com - Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Give your web site visitors and employees access to the web's most insightful database of school facility design, construction maintenance and management information. The SchoolFacilities.com Quick Search widget is easy to add to your web site and even easier for people to use.

"The Change Function" and Green Buildings
By: Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP - Monday, July 31, 2006
Source: iGreenBuild.com
iGreenBuild's Senior Editor Jerry Yudelson reviews The Change Function by Pip Coburn. In his book, Coburn discusses what factors cause real change to happen, which leads Yudelson to reflect on how the change toward green building is already happening and how it can be accelerated.


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