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News and features about green building design, materials, energy efficiency, LEED certification and the revolution in the way buildings are conceived and constructed in light of climate change and environmental considerations.

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11/05/08	Carpet-Tile Manufacturer's Makeover: Going Green, Step by Step By Andrew G. Wright Ray Anderson had an epiphany in 1994. "It was somewhat of a shock to me to realize that we had no environmental vision," says founder and former CEO Anderson, talking about Interface Inc., his Atlanta-based carpet-tile manufacturing company, established in 1973.
11/05/08	Green Renovation Is Virtual Fishbowl By Janice L. Tuchman in Mumbai By month's end, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers Inc. expects to post building system-performance data for its fresh "green" headquarters renovation online in real time.
10/22/08	Giant 'Hiccup' Delays U.S. Green Building Standard In what came as a surprise to many and a relief to some, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. is "reconstituting" its two-year-old committee developing the nation's first green-building standard.

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10/15/08 Hospital’s Stormwater Pond Doubles as Heat Exchanger
10/08/08 Indian Council Boosts Green Building Movement
08/13/08 D.C. Law Pushes Commercial Building Energy Efficiency
07/23/08 California Energy-Use Rules Are Welcomed
06/18/08 San Francisco Museum’s Green Redo Keeps Team on Slippery Slopes
06/11/08 No Longer a Fad, Green Hits Mainstream
06/04/08 Rating System Updaters Plan To Raise the Sustainability Bar
05/21/08 Report Calls for Metrics, Redoing Current Practices
04/16/08 Steel Group Up in Arms Over Green Building Standard Draft
04/09/08 Turbines Turn on Building
04/09/08 Overall Performance Metrics Make Case for Going Green
03/26/08 Inexpensive Tube System May Protect Eroding Shore
03/05/08 Seattle Adopts New Green Landscaping Initiative
03/05/08 New Building Standard Moves Closer to Adoption
02/27/08 EPA Report Says Green Roofs Can Lower Construction Costs
02/20/08 Green Construction May Help Builders Overcome the Blues
02/13/08 Courthouse Opens Late and $96.4 Million Over Budget
01/23/08 Sustainable Building Standard Expected by Year-End