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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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.

He pointed out that the U.S. market for green building products and services has grown from $7 billion in 2005 to $12 billion in 2007 to a projected $60 billion for 2010. He urged the green building movement to keep environmental standards high and to speak out against greenwashing. And he condoned continuing national legislation that would help homeowners pay the upfront costs of investments in green technologies.

“It’s crucial to change the lights and windows, but it’s even more important to change the laws and policies, so we as citizens have to speak out,” he said. “Every single day in this world we’re putting 90 million tons of global-warming pollution into the atmosphere. … National academies of science in every major country have reaffirmed that finding, and they’re shouting from the rooftops to say you have to do something.”

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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 …

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) all 6 news articles

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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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