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  1. President-Elect Obama and the Future of Green Building

    President-Elect Obama and the Future of Green Building

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Nov 6, 2008

    The phrase “Chicago Politics” has been thrown around as an insult over the presidential campaign season. Now that Chicago has become for the next two months the unofficial second US Capital, Chicago politics have

    Also tagged: news, barack obama, environment, construction, green building, leed

  2. Largest LEED Platinum Building in the World

    Largest LEED Platinum Building in the World

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Oct 10, 2008

    This post, like the masses of crowds, makes its way inside the just opened Academy of Sciences Museum. And why not as the Museum just became the largest LEED Platinum building in the world as well as the world’s most

    Also tagged: design, materials, civic, coral reef, leed, aquariums, louvre, rainforest, pacific ocean, seahorse, potable water, filtration, pacific coast, lighting and 38 electrical, water use and 38 plumbing, sciences museum, aquarium water, water planet, recycling systems, radical ideas, roof skylights, alligator swamp

  3. Canadian Proposal for Green Building Incentives

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Sep 15, 2008

    As part of the current Canadian election campaign, leaders of the Canadian Liberal Party have announced a plan for spending more than a half a billion dollars to improve the energy efficiency of homes across Canada, if

    Also tagged: canada, élections, home improvement, energy efficiency, building codes

  4. Wood Product Manufacturers Bracing for CARB 2009

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Aug 21, 2008

    The air is going to get a little bit cleaner come January, 2009 - and that has nothing to do with a new presidential administration. The California Air Resources Board’s dramatic Air Toxic Control Measure known as “the

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  5. Dockside Green is the Highest Rated LEED Platinum Project in the World

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Aug 5, 2008

    The LEED Rating System awards a total of 70 points in 6 categories: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation and Design. The

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  6. How Not to Greenwash Your Building Product

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Jul 17, 2008

    Whether you are developing a new green building product or have recently discovered that the product you have been selling for years satisfies green building program requirements, there comes a point where you must

    Also tagged: materials, leed, greenwashing, interior materials

  7. Green Building Mandates

    greenbuildingelements.com » Green Building Elements - Jul 17, 2008

    Governments are beginning to mandate green building for some new construction, and that ought to be a cause for celebration. But because of the way these requirements are made, the possibility of problems arising when

    Also tagged: law, certification, regulation, government, lawsuits, kansas, platinum, leed, usgbc, greensburg