Water Saving Innovation is ripe for The Green Building Industry

by Green Building Today on November 26, 2009

With many states expecting freshwater shortages in their states in the next decade these shortages could present opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors to develop new water saving techniques and technologies. The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program encourages more efficient use of water such as with low-flow toilets, drip irrigation and on-site water reuse but there are many other areas that could be addressed. Such as efficiencies in landscape and irrigation, rainwater reuse and cooling tower water recovery.

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Al Gore Comments on the future of Green Building

by Green Building Today on November 23, 2009

The Los Angeles Times has just run an article where Al Gore is calling for a “Green Building Revolution”.  Al Gore and his wife Tipper live in a 100-year-old house in Nashville that they green retrofitted, winning them the first gold LEED standard in the state from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. Gore’s New York office is in the only platinum LEED skyscraper in that city, the Bank of America building.

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Seminar focuses on building green – Chester DailyLocal.com

by Green Building Today on March 22, 2008

Seminar focuses on building green – Chester DailyLocal.com

Seminar focuses on building green
Chester DailyLocal.com,  USA - 11 hours ago
The seminar, which will help consumers understand the basics of green homebuilding, includes national green building standards, the features one might

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The Safety Guys: Health and Safety When Building Green
Lab Manager, NH - 11 hours ago
By Glenn Ketcham, CIH and Vince McLeod, CIH In the Safety Guy’s column last month we provided a brief introduction to green building and the LEED
The Safety Guys: LEED the Way to Green Lab Manager
Pilot Culminates in the First LEED-Certified House in Chester Emediawire (press release)
Bob Moore Construction Joins US Green Building Council PR.com (press release)
Emediawire (press release)
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Next ‘Green Building’ seminar is Monday morning – Times Herald-Record

Next ‘Green Building’ seminar is Monday morning
Times Herald-Record, NY - 16 hours ago
HARRIS – The next “Demystifying Green Building” seminar, entitled "Getting it Done!" will be 8 am Monday in The Carrus Institute at The Center for Discovery

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Heathrow airport to open massive international terminal – San Francisco Chronicle

Heathrow airport to open massive international terminal
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 2 hours ago
Terminal 5's builders have gone to some lengths to make the building "green," or at least as green as a big airport terminal can be.

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