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HALL Wines Earns Distinctive Gold LEED® Certification
By: WineCountry Staff - Thursday, February 25, 2010
Source: iGreenBuild.com
HALL Wines, the premier 21st century vineyard and winery, announces today that it has received the prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification for its Napa Valley St. Helena winery, becoming the first winery in California to be distinguished as a Gold certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Green Building Rating System™.
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How are you responding to the Environmental Movement?
By: - Thursday, February 18, 2010
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Special 3 Video Publication; Starbucks goes Green, LEED-Platinum Certification Event, Eco-friendly Napa Valley Winery.
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Valley View Schools Improve Efficiency
By: Keith Hobbs - Monday, November 23, 2009
Source: Schneider Electric
The Valley View Independent School District (VVISD) in Valley View, Texas, is implementing $1.2 million in facility enhancements designed to improve operations, comfort and efficiency at nine district buildings. Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, will complete the work as a performance contract with the district. Schneider Electric guarantees that VVISD will reduce its utility costs by more than $52,000 annually when the project is completed in June 2010.
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New Ultra-Green Luxury Home in Santa Fe Produces All Its Own Energy
By: Faren Dancer - Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
A new, high performance, award winning, custom home in the foothills of Santa Fe, New Mexico produces all its own energy. The “Emerald Home” has achieved a net-zero designation and corresponding H.E.R.S. (Home Energy Rating System) score of “minus two,” two points less than the magic number of “zero” as called for in Ed Mazria’s “2030 Challenge.” The home is the pilot project for Santa Fe’s new building code, one of the most progressive green building codes in the country.
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Dockside Green
By: q bo Design Group - Thursday, November 5, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Dockside Green is 1,300,000 square foot Mixed-use community in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Dockside Green is a 6.05 hectare (15 acres) redevelopment of a brownfield site located in the heart of the City of Victoria. This former industrial site is located close to downtown Victotria.
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Caroma Waterless Urinal Approved for City of Los Angeles
By: Cathy McFadden - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Source: Caroma
The City of Los Angeles has approved the H2Zero™ waterless urinal by Caroma for use in all buildings. The H2Zero urinal utilizes breakthrough technology to use zero water for optimum performance and water conservation.
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The Winner of 2009 Open Architecture Challenge
By: Erin Whitt - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Source: Modular Building Institute
Charlottesville, VA - Local architecture firm Perkins+Will recently partnered with DeKalb County Schools and won an international award in the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Best Re-locatable Classroom design. Perkins+Will worked with Druid Hills’ students and teachers to design a sustainable re-locatable classroom. Students in DeKalb County are now one step closer to getting a greener and healthier classroom space.
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GreenGov Challenge Seeks All Fed Employees Energy Ideas
By: GreenGov - Thursday, October 22, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
From October 19th through October 31st, the White House is calling on Federal employees and military personnel to take the GreenGov Challenge -- an online participatory program that challenges Federal employees and military personnel to take part in the Presidents Executive Order on Federal Sustainability by submitting their own clean energy ideas and voting on others.
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Phoenix Convention Center, in the LEED, Mechanically
By: John Vastyan - Monday, October 12, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Today, Copper Square in downtown Phoenix is where history meets the future, showcasing the city’s historic sites and recent revitalization. The 24-acre Phoenix Convention Center is in the center of it all. Now in the midst of a $600 million expansion – and surrounded by restaurants, premier hotels, retail shops, museums and a sports arena – the facility is soon to be one of the world’s finest venues for large conventions.
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