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KKE’s Design for Santa Barbara Palms Wins Gold Award
By: Heather West - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Source: KKE Architects
MINNEAPOLIS -- KKE Architects, Inc. won a Gold Award in the 2008 NAHB 50+ Housing Council for its design of Santa Barbara Palms, an affordable, energy-efficient, multi-housing property for seniors being built in the Las Vegas area. Held May 20th in New Orleans, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Best of 50+ Housing Awards are considered the premier design and marketing competition for the seniors housing industry.
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Canada Joins New World Bioenergy Association
By: Crystal Luxmore - Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Source: www.canbio.ca
The WBA aims to be the global voice for bioenergy, and to promote the use of biomass in a sustainable and economically efficient way. The organisation will also promote trade with biofuels and biomass, standardisation of fuels, technical development and research. An important task is to monitor potential for bioenergy in different parts of the world. WBA also plans to help to develop certification systems to ensure that bioenergy is produced in an environmentally-friendly way, and under acceptable working conditions.
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Michaels Engineering Completes Comprehensive Ground-Source Heat Pump Study for State of Minnesota
By: Michaels Engineering - Monday, May 19, 2008
Source: Minnesota Department of Commerce
La Crosse, WI - May 9, 2008 - Michaels Engineering has recently completed a ground-source heat pump study for the state of Minnesota.
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AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice Establishes “Sustainable Justice” Committee
By: American Institute of Architects - Sunday, February 10, 2008
Source: American Institute of Architects
Washington, D.C. – February 7, 2008 – The Academy of Architecture for Justice (AAJ), a knowledge community within the American Institute of Architects (AIA) that focuses on the planning, design and delivery of justice architecture, has established a Sustainable Justice Committee. The group will be co-chaired by Susan K. Oldroyd, AIA, LEED® AP, committee chair and Ken Ricci, FAIA.
The purpose of the committee is to promote and support sustainability in the planning, design and construction of law and justice facilities. To this end, the committee plans to publish a guide to sustainable justice and propose a LEED-J (LEED for Justice) rating system to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
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Olson Homes' Depot Is First Attached New-Home Community In California To Earn LEED® Ceritification
By: Kathleen Curtis - Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Source: MWW Group
Olson Homes, a pioneer in sustainable building practices and a leader in California's move towards in-town, urban living since 1988, is the first attached, new-home community in California to earn LEED Certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and attain a Silver rating.
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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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GeoStructures Engineer Obtains LEED Accreditation
By: Chris Ourand - Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Source: GeoStructures
PURCELLVILLE, Va., December 12, 2007 – Shana Opdyke, a sales engineer with design-build contractor GeoStructures, has achieved accreditation for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), part of the Green Building Rating System™ that encourages adoption of sustainable building and development practices.
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GreenBuild 2007 Report From Sonja Persram
By: Sonja Persram - Monday, December 10, 2007
Source: Sonja Persram
It was a second inspiring GreenBuild for me, in Chicago. Many folks – and I – had not been familiar with the city. Coming from Toronto, I noticed wistfully the great and beautiful variety of architecture; the public accessibility to the waterfront; the publicized civic pride in sustainable buildings; and the broad expanses of native plantings on sidewalks – not just medians - that allowed trees’ roots enough room to take up water. Not at all like the sometimes square-foot, or concrete ‘box’ tree-allowances in T.O.
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How Cool Roofs Function to Lower Your Energy Costs
By: Scott Kriner - Sunday, December 9, 2007
Source: The Metal Initiative
In the United States, buildings are responsible for almost two-thirds of national electricity consumption and more than one-third of total primary energy use. As a result, the current energy crunch has made conservation measures within these structures more important than ever.
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