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March 8, 2010 North American builders going for glamour in new construction might ...
February 22, 2010 BYRON CENTER, MI (February 22, 2010) Falcon Foam, a division ...
February 17, 2010 The athletes' village in Vancouver's southeast False Creek can now ...
February 1, 2010 What is a High R Roof?
A High R Roof saves ...
December 18, 2009 President Obama told the United Nations conference on climate change ...
December 18, 2009 While more Maryland builders and businesses are embracing environmentally friendly ...
December 18, 2009 WASHINGTON — The White House complex and the federal government ...
December 16, 2009 Bethesda, MD, December 16, 2009 – In a speech on ...
December 16, 2009 KILLINGWORTH, Conn.
Green building is finally coming of age. Building sustainable, ...
December 16, 2009 We have all seen the numbers. Buildings account for ...
December 7, 2009 Washington (CNN) -- Greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to ...
November 25, 2009 WASHINGTON – Cutting global warming pollution would not only make ...
November 17, 2009 Beijing, China (CNN) -- China and the United States, ...
October 12, 2009 As the weather turns chilly in many parts of the ...
October 9, 2009 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Training American workers for so-called green ...
October 7, 2009 NEW YORK—Building sustainably is a growing trend, but there is ...
October 6, 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home theaters are passe. Home offices ...
October 1, 2009 If asked what the most exciting or important feature of ...
October 1, 2009 Roofing has recently become more colorful in many ways. For ...
September 24, 2009 President Clinton and PACENOW Coalition Announce National PACE Bond Program ...
September 23, 2009 UNITED NATIONS -- In the end, the two most important ...
September 2, 2009 CHICAGO (Reuters) - New York's Empire State Building is doing ...
September 1, 2009 What will temperatures be like in your state in 100 ...
August 20, 2009 BSR has recently fielded inquiries from a range of member companies ...
August 13, 2009 Karen Adams and her family have built a new LEED ...
August 13, 2009 The U.S. Green Building Council's new headquarters in Washington, D.C., ...
August 12, 2009 The greenhouse gas emissions cuts proposed by rich nations for ...
August 12, 2009 It will cost nearly $8 billion over the next decade ...
August 12, 2009 GM, fresh out of bankruptcy and now co-owned by the ...
August 11, 2009 Of course, the original contest "concerns a hare and a ...
August 10, 2009
Ensuring that a common language of "energy efficiency" is spoken ...
August 8, 2009 (CNN) -- U.S. scientists monitoring shrinking glaciers in Washington and ...
August 5, 2009 GreenBuild 2009
Greenbuild is heading to the American Southwest, a region ...
August 4, 2009 In the business world, discussions over the proposed climate and ...
August 1, 2009 In the past two years, several federal tax incentives have ...
July 31, 2009 An Atlanta nonprofit has been working for more than a ...
July 31, 2009 It may lack the allure of the North Pole or ...
July 31, 2009 It now appears nearly inevitable that American industry will soon ...
July 23, 2009 When Alden Zeitz started the Wind Energy Program at Iowa ...
July 22, 2009 May 27, 2009, Bethesda, MD –U.S. Reps. John Larson (D-CT) ...
July 21, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Three Democratic governors told a Senate panel Tuesday ...
June 15, 2009 If we’re going to avoid climate disaster, we’re going to ...
June 15, 2009 The U.S. government is committing billions of dollars to support ...
June 13, 2009 There has been a massive collapse of coral reefs throughout ...
June 12, 2009 When plastic grocery bags were introduced some 30 years ago, ...
June 10, 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States should pass a ...
June 8, 2009 The House global warming bill slated for floor debate this ...
June 8, 2009 Innovations in food production and land use that are ready ...
June 4, 2009 Mother Nature has a previously unknown cleaning agent that scrubs ...
June 2, 2009 On hot California summer days, it makes all the sense ...
June 2, 2009 Michelle Kaufmann couldn't find an affordable, eco-friendly home in the ...
June 2, 2009 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets and ...
June 1, 2009 The role that buildings play in the health and well-being ...
May 29, 2009 Green building advocates say a revamp of the LEED standard ...
May 27, 2009 U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels decreased by 2.8 ...
May 15, 2009 The Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards voted Tuesday ...
May 14, 2009 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House on Thursday passed a $6.4 ...
May 12, 2009 ed L. Clifton looks like a stereotypical green builder. He ...
May 7, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Only one in six of the 40 largest ...
May 7, 2009 NEW YORK CITY-The economic crisis continues, but that shouldn't preclude ...
May 7, 2009 “It’s the economy, stupid,” the famous line of political strategist ...
April 29, 2009 GREENSBURG, Kansas (CNN) -- On May 4, 2007, a monster ...
April 28, 2009 MINNEAPOLIS - Normally it’s the action on the floor of ...
April 28, 2009 Jet contrails may be adding to global warming but on ...
April 28, 2009 Milos Jovanovic’s newest project will be called the Shift House. ...
April 21, 2009 Your insurance company may give you a break if you ...
April 20, 2009 From not-so-humble beginnings in 1970, when 20 million participated across ...
April 18, 2009 Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- The Environmental Protection ...
April 17, 2009 The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday took the first step ...
April 14, 2009 Hoping to change how contractors deal with greenhouse gas emissions, ...
March 23, 2009 After eight years of receiving George W. Bush's cold shoulder, ...
March 16, 2009 In January 2009, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) installed ...
March 10, 2009 Still stinging from summer utility bills the size of a ...
March 10, 2009 Efficiency is frequently described as the “low-hanging fruit” for cutting ...
March 4, 2009 Over the last decade, the green building industry has risen ...
March 3, 2009 Scientists use infrared images to show just how hot cities ...
March 3, 2009 Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the top markets in the ...
March 2, 2009 The latest Green Building News Headlines from oikos. Articles include:
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March 2, 2009 TAOS, N.M. (AP) - Taos has approved a high performance ...
March 2, 2009 When Rita Bryer sees 300-foot-tall wind turbines sprouting up from ...
March 1, 2009 Want to sell green? These days you better be prepared ...
March 1, 2009 There are a number of reasons to build green today. ...
February 25, 2009 CONSUMERS AROUND THE WORLD talk about the environment as if ...
February 24, 2009 "Designing backwards” is a process by which designers take a ...
February 21, 2009 LAS VEGAS — From water-stingy toilets and electricity- sparing appliances, ...
February 18, 2009 With the property industry calculating the energy use of its ...
February 12, 2009 Environmental issues have been garnering top-level attention for years -- ...
February 11, 2009 BUSINESS STRATEGY EXPERT and longtime MIT Sloan professor Rebecca Henderson ...
February 9, 2009 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Most consumers have not cut back their ...
February 3, 2009 It's Valentine's Day, and your romantic dinner has been cooked, ...
February 3, 2009 ompanies are not moving fast enough to reduce their environmental ...
January 30, 2009 Many people have converted their own vehicle to electric. It ...
January 29, 2009 The beginning of 2009 mandates an increased focus on mankind's ...
January 28, 2009 EDWOOD CITY, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 28, 2009 -- As part of ...
January 28, 2009 According to the Green Collar Jobs Report—produced by the American ...
January 27, 2009 President Obama’s arrival has meant a sharp break with the ...
January 27, 2009 NEW ORLEANS — The city known more for French Quarter ...
January 26, 2009 NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- Underwriters Laboratories, the venerable product safety testing ...
January 22, 2009 With the economy struggling, one might think that it does ...
January 22, 2009 Forests in the Pacific Northwest are dying twice as fast ...
January 21, 2009 Hiding within the halls of homes and office buildings around ...
January 21, 2009 In this third installment in our series of small changes ...
January 19, 2009 nemployment is up and spending is down in most homes ...
January 15, 2009 They were certainly heady years. In cities like Shanghai, Moscow ...
January 15, 2009 PALO ALTO, Calif. -- With the help from efficiency programs, ...
January 14, 2009 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Funding ...
January 14, 2009 Kansas and Iowa have both unveiled energy plans aiming to ...
January 14, 2009 The World Meteorological Organization says cold weather does not mean ...
January 13, 2009 Electric cars are the focus of this years show, says ...
January 13, 2009 America can reduce global warming pollution by nearly 10 percent ...
January 11, 2009 A STIFF breeze was roughing up the ocean, and spray ...
January 11, 2009 DETROIT (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co will begin selling the Insight, the ...
January 9, 2009 As tenants and landlords become more environmentally conscious of the ...
January 7, 2009 Last month the U.S. Green Building Council released a three-page ...
January 4, 2009 SANDOWN – From the outside, it looks like just another house ...
January 2, 2009 Using reflective materials for paving roofs and streets in the ...
December 29, 2008
With 13 climate change bills currently under discussion in the ...
December 29, 2008 About two years ago Sustainable Industries—along with every media outlet—started ...
December 24, 2008 In one of the first internal struggles of the incoming ...
December 22, 2008 Most energy-conscious people know that when it comes to home ...
December 18, 2008 NOW THAT President-elect Barack Obama's energy and environment team is ...
December 17, 2008 UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday ...
December 16, 2008 Former UN chief Kofi Annan described the 1989 Montreal Protocol ...
December 15, 2008 WASHINGTON — The team President-elect Barack Obama introduced on Monday ...
December 13, 2008 MOVE over, Joe the Plumber. Spencer the Solar Panel Installer ...
December 12, 2008 ew would fault someone who kicks down the front door ...
December 10, 2008 Two thousand people killed during a summer heatwave; mosquitoes at ...
December 10, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama met with former vice president Al ...
December 10, 2008 The optimism of global leaders for clean energy technologies appears ...
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December 9, 2008 At a high-level academic conference on global warming at Exeter ...
December 9, 2008 Perhaps the only time you’ve heard about fuel cell vehicles ...
December 9, 2008 DETROIT (Reuters) - Congress and the White House moved closer ...
December 9, 2008 POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - Building insulation firms are struggling to ...
December 4, 2008 PHOENIX-The economy may be "horrid," but green building is a ...
December 3, 2008 The Big Three auto makers will submit recovery plans to ...
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November 30, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) - When crude oil prices climbed to ...
November 25, 2008 BOSTON — At the Greenbuild Conference and Expo last week, ...
November 24, 2008 When gasoline prices shot over $4 a gallon this summer, ...
November 24, 2008 Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and ...
November 24, 2008 Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may make ...
November 22, 2008 Proponents of sustainable buildings are grappling with technically difficult and ...
November 20, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to promote clean and renewable ...
November 19, 2008 BOSTON, Mass. -- A new study from McGraw-Hill Construction says ...
November 13, 2008 THE world is on track to increase average temperatures by ...
November 12, 2008 Sustainability in Uncertain Economic Times: A Report from the CoreNet ...
November 12, 2008 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Commercial real estate executives are increasingly seeking ...
November 12, 2008 THERE is a fast-emerging Asia-Pacific "green car" manufacturing centre, the ...
November 11, 2008 California officials, who have battled the Bush administration for years ...
November 10, 2008 As speculation mounts over the shape of president-elect Obama's ...
November 9, 2008 After accepting the position of White House chief of staff ...
November 3, 2008 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable ...
November 3, 2008 LONDON, England (CNN) -- David Hales is president of the ...
November 3, 2008 Environmentalists can't decide whether to celebrate the recession or dread ...
November 3, 2008 "Bright" green buildings are becoming more popular across North America, ...
November 3, 2008 Like a lot of Bay Area homeowners, Alissa Hauser and ...
November 2, 2008 As businesses and homeowners look for ways to fight back ...
November 1, 2008 A common inaccuracy that often prevails in the building industry ...
November 1, 2008 In rented offices on a quiet side street in Paris, ...
October 29, 2008 A team of scientists will use a World War II-era ...
October 29, 2008 Businesses are becoming greener, not just because it is right, ...
October 26, 2008 MILWAUKEE — With a grinding roar, an excavator takes a ...
October 9, 2008 The leaky old roof at Multnomah County's Central Library has ...
October 8, 2008 Earlier this year, Vicki Eckels put a state-of-the-art solar power ...
October 3, 2008 Renewable energy producers can breathe a bit easier. The House ...
September 29, 2008 Volatile energy prices and concerns about global warming have placed ...
July 7, 2008 The U.S. Green Building Council is changing its certification process ...
July 1, 2008 P. Dee Boersma, a biologist at the University of Washington, ...
June 26, 2008 The author of an influential British government report arguing the ...
June 25, 2008 In a move that will likely have far-reaching ramifications for ...
June 24, 2008 Stanford, CA—Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's ...
May 14, 2008 Human-induced climate warming is already having a dramatic effect on ...
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