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Co-Op America: Greening Businesses Large and Small
The second annual Green Business Conference takes place in Chicago this month; in advance of the gathering GreenBiz Radio sat down with Denise Hamler, director of Co-Op America's green business programs, to learn how the world of green business has grown.
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Two Steps Forward
Exxon, the Rockefellers, and the Future of Big Oil
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Corporate America
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Marketing Green
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The Triple Bottom Line
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Building Materials
Building materials choices are important in sustainable design because of the extensive network of extraction, processing, and transportation steps required to make them ultimately useful at the construction site. Unlike some industries in which there is movement toward dematerialization, the building industry will always need materials.
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TOWN OF NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- Made famous in the Discovery Channel show, "American Choppers," Orange County Choppers is now housed in a 92,000 square-foot building that sports exterior glazing upgrades, daylight harvesting, variable air volume system, efficient rooftop HVAC equipment, efficient lighting and demand-based garage exhaust, among other features
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Starwood will launch in July a green hotel brand called ELEMENT that will only use LEED guidelines. More than 20 hotels could open by the end of next year.
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TEANECK, N.J. -- Every year, the Industrial and Office Real Estate Brokers Association of the New York Metropolitan Area (IOREBA) showcases the projects of dozens of regional developers and includes a panel discussion on a pressing industry issue. This year, it was going green.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- What may be viewed as an unlikely candidate for green accolades, a parking structure in in this Southern California city has pushed the envelope toward sustainability.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development have released a report and companion website giving an overview of forestry concerns and the main ratings, certifications and resources on sustainable forests.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A new bank in Central Florida plans to specialize in services for environmentally friendly businesses and building projects.
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HARTFORD -- The insurance company is now one of many to promote the use of green building alternatives when rebuilding.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The insurance company is now one of many to allow certain policyholders to upgrade their buildings in environmentally friendly ways after being damaged.
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Green buildings have taken off in a major way, but the drive to renovate and improve the millions of existing commercial buildings has lagged behind. Not for long: here is what facility managers should expect in the coming months.
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Healthcare and sustainable design are two exceptionally paired industries because they focus on the same goal: promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of the community.
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The green buildings boom has opened up a wide market for professionals of all kinds to begin working on sustainable projects, but with this boom comes a host of new risks ands expectations that must be considered and managed throughout the project.
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CHICAGO, Ill. -- The second day of the 2007 GreenBuild Conference and expo brought new green building codes from the city of Portland, Ore., new guidelines for certifying sustainable carpet products, and the release of the first of the new LEED for Homes certificates.
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Concrete is appreciated for its flexibility and strength in construction, but what green builders working in all fields are learning is that concrete has incredible potential to make even green buildings substantially greener.
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World-class speakers, a multitude of panels on every topic imaginable, awards ceremonies and product announcements: here's what to expect at next week's Greenbuild 2007, the country's biggest gathering of green buildings professionals in a city that's striving to be the greenest of them all.
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While they may seem like an odd couple, prefabricated housing -- in which most of a home's structure is pre-built in a factory then assembled on-site -- is an oddly natural partner for the green movement.
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