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Toyota is doing an outstanding job of</font> </font><font color=#000000><font face=Arial>not only thinking toward the future but implementing its innovations.&nbsp; The green building industry could take a page from Toyota; read my editorial </font><a href="/cd_2890.aspx"><font face=Arial>here</font></a><font face=Arial>.<br><br>Also in this edition, Green Syndicated Columnist Sonja Persram expands on the topic of Local Improvement Changes, Marci Riseman reviews a green bathoom remodel, and a new green modular unit gets installed.<br><br>Plus news, weather, and sports!&nbsp; Or actually, since this newsletter goes to computer mailboxes all over the country, we'll leave out the weather and sports and stick to the news.&nbsp; A new Ecomarket survey report has come out, schools are distinguishing themselves in green ways, and there's a new energy plan being put into effect in New York<br></font></font><br></font><strong><a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/email-2259342-10362715" target=_top><font face=Arial size=2><img style="WIDTH: 125px; 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We use it daily at iGreenBuild.com.<br></font><br><br><font color=#000000 size=2>Please don't hesitate to get it touch with questions, comments, or suggestions by emailing me at </font></font></font><a href="mailto:editor@iGreenBuild.com"><font face=Arial size=2>editor@iGreenBuild.com</font></a><font face=Arial size=2>.</font></font><font face=Arial size=2>&nbsp;</font><font color=#000000><font size=2><font face=Arial><img style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 90px" hspace=2 src="/uploads/images/regular/1644.jpg" align=left vspace=2><br><br><br></font></p> <p align=left> <table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <tbody> <tr><font face=Arial></font></tr></tbody></table></p><strong> <p align=center><br><br><br><br><font face=Arial size=1>This&nbsp;eNewsletter was built using 100% environmentally friendly pixels!</font></strong><br></font><em><br></p></em></font><br><hr size="1" color="#007935" /><a name="section2938"></a><span class="titleSection">WE HAVE ECO VIDEO CLIPS NOW!</span><br><strong>Have you visited the iGreenBuild.com blog lately?</strong> If not hurry the heck up because we've just added streaming video. Check out the latest news, reports and other interesting environmentally friendly news with one click. <br><br><a href="http://www.igreenbuild.blogspot.com/"><strong>Visit the iGreenBuild.com blog here&gt;&gt;<br></strong></a><br><br><a href="http://www.igreenbuild.blogspot.com"><img src="/uploads/images/original/1659.jpg" border=0></a><br><hr size="1" color="#007935" /><a name="section2920"></a><span class="titleSection">Viewpoints</span><br><font size=2><font face=Arial><span class=328243520-11102006></span></font></font><br><img style="WIDTH: 85px; HEIGHT: 56px" hspace=2 src="/uploads/images/thumbnail/1687.jpg" align=left vspace=2 border=1><font face=Arial><font size=2><strong>Local Improvement Charges, Part II<br></strong>While it is increasingly true that buildings being built now are incorporating ecologically friendly aspects into their buildings, the problem of how to "green" existing buildings remains.</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2889">Read the article</a><br><br><font size=2><font face=Arial><b>Youths imagine 'green' building</b><br>Students at a high school in Staunton, VA, are recommending to their school's management that the campus buildings start sporting some green renovations.</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2887">Read the article</a><br><br><img style="WIDTH: 85px; HEIGHT: 56px" hspace=2 src="/uploads/images/thumbnail/1952.jpg" align=left vspace=2 border=1><font face=Arial><font size=2><strong>LEED-level modular classroom first of its kind<br></strong>Modular classrooms are not well known as "green" spaces, but a Massachusetts design firm is looking to change the way districts look at portables.</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2879">Read the article</a><br><br><font face=Arial size=2><img style="WIDTH: 85px; HEIGHT: 63px" hspace=2 src="/uploads/images/thumbnail/1942.jpg" align=left vspace=2 border=1></font><font face=Arial><font size=2><strong>Transformations: a modern, ecologically-friendly bath in a Craftsman home<br></strong>Eco-friendly materials and a sense of fun take an unused sunroom to a master bath with style and flair -- and a minimal impact on the earth.</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2880">Read the article</a><br><br><hr size="1" color="#007935" /><a name="section2921"></a><span class="titleSection">News Briefs</span><br><span class=328243520-11102006></span><br><font face=Arial><font size=2><b>McKinney Green Building Earns LEED Platinum Rating</b><br>A three-story office building in McKinney, Texas won Platinum LEED certification through such features as a greater than 50 percent reduction in energy use compared to a standard building and an almost 50 percent use of regional products.</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2876">Read the news</a><br><br><img style="WIDTH: 83px; HEIGHT: 85px" hspace=2 src="/uploads/images/thumbnail/1756.jpg" align=left vspace=2 border=1><font face=Arial><font size=2><strong>Georgia School System Receives Energy Star Designation<br></strong>The Stewart County School System in Lumpkin is the first school system in the state of Georgia to receive the Energy Star designation recognizing the energy efficiency of the system s facilities.</font></font> <br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2877">Read the news</a><br><br><font face=Arial><font size=2><b>New York State Senator Schumer Introduces Building Energy Efficiency Plan</b><br>Senator Schumer (NY) has announced his plan to increase building efficiency by 30 percent nationwide, saying, "Energy-efficient buildings save consumer money and protect our environment."</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2883">Read the release</a><br><br><font size=2><font face=Arial><b>Annual Ecomarket Survey Released</b><br>In its annual survey of green buying patterns, TerraChoice found that business recycling programs are on the rise and that green cleaning products are gaining wider acceptance.</font></font><br><a href="/_coreModules/content/contentDisplay.aspx?contentID=2878">Read the news</a><br><br><hr size="1" color="#007935" /><a name="section2922"></a><a onmouseover="window.status='https://www.gotomeeting.com/t/afg2m/g2mo_affil?Target=m/g2mo_affil.tmpl';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;" href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2259342-10362720" target=_blank> <img height=60 alt="GoToMeeting - Online Meetings Made Easy" src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/image-2259342-10362720" width=468 border=0></a><br><hr size="1" color="#007935" /><font face=Verdana><font size=2> </font><font size=2> <hr color=#aaaaaa SIZE=1> </hr></font><font face=Arial size=1>Interested in sponsoring our next eNewsletter? 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