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Green Buildings | Greening Operations at EPA NE  
Regional education and advocacy association promoting the use of renewable energy, green buildings, and energy efficiency.   Regional Snapshot Our Chelmsford laboratory received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold rating for sustainable design. Serving , , , , ,...
http://www.epa.gov/region1/green/greenbuildings.html
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Tax Incentive Approved For 'Green' Buildings - New  
''This is a huge deal,'' said Robert F. Fox Jr., a partner in Fox & Fowle Architects, which specializes in environmentally sensitive design. ''Basically, the state is offering to pay developers for the excess costs of doing green buildings.''
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Tax Incentive Approved For 'Green' Buildings - New  
Tax Incentive Approved For 'Green' Buildings Published: May 29, 2000 New York State has taken the lead in making commercial and residential buildings more efficient and more in harmony with the environment by adopting a ''green building credit'' against state income taxes.
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The Greening of Buildings  
... design of new buildings, which has important implications for the environment. In particular, they examine why so many designers seek to obtain green building certification without any prodding from the government, and how the current rating system for green buildings might be improved. 
http://www.rff.org/Publications/WPC/Pages/04_14_08_Greening_Building...
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The Greening of Buildings  
Buildings offer impressive opportunities for pollution abatement. A 2007 report by McKinsey singles out buildings as a cluster with particularly great abatement potential. Promoting green buildings conserves energy and water, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and provides state of the art modern facilities for office and residential use.
http://www.rff.org/Publications/WPC/Pages/04_14_08_Greening_Building...
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The business case for better buildings.  
Fall 2004 - Frontiers of health services management
Berry LL, Parker D, Coile RC, Hamilton DK, O'Neill DD, Sadler BL
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
... a research collaborative of progressive healthcare organizations voluntarily came together with The Center for Health Design to evaluate their new buildings. Various "Pebble Projects" are now engaged in three-year programs of evaluation, using comparative research instruments and outcome...
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Sensory pollution sources in buildings.  
- Indoor air
Wargocki P
International Center for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. pw@mek.dtu.dk
Indoor air in non-industrial buildings is polluted by people, their activities, tobacco smoking, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, building and furnishing materials, and electronic equipment. The sensory pollution loads on the air indoors quantified with an olf...
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NASD: Engineering and Technology - Buildings and S  
... modification creates, unsafe conditions may be created. Along these lines, a recent trend in Southern Illinois is interest in converting swine confinement buildings to other uses. Work has been done evaluating the possibility of using these structures for aquaculture, and in other cases,...
http://cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001701-d001800/d001776/d001776.html
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Green Power Incentives | Green Power Partnership |  
™  is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development,...
http://epa.gov/greenpower/pubs/incentives.htm
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Building the green way.  
2006 Jun - Harvard business review
Lockwood C
charleslockwood@verizon.net
... visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception. Of course, green buildings are still known for conserving natural resources by, for example, minimizing on-site grading, using alternative materials, and recycling construction waste. But...
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Green Is as Green Does  
... is the citywide reduction of greenhouse gases," said Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "Through upgrading its engines from dual fuel-burning to natural gas, planning green buildings, and using alternative fuel vehicles, WCS ensures a greener future for our city's zoos and aquarium."
http://www.wcs.org/353624/wcs_carbonfootprint
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Build Green, Make Green - New York Times  
Companies are seeing the light on what are known as green buildings and the lower operating costs that come with them. For instance, The Washington Post noted last week that PNC Financial Services Group's new green bank branches are using 45 percent less energy than comparable structures....
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ConsumerReports.org - Guide to driving green  
> Green car guide • Best cars for fuel economy • Hybrids • Saving fuel • Alternative fuels • Hydrogen fuel-cell cars • For subscribers • In The Spotlight See our list of the most fuel efficient cars.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/cars/new-cars/resource-center/gr...
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ConsumerReports.org - Drugs & supplements: G  
DRUGS & SUPPLEMENTS HOT TOPIC We give you the facts on safety, effectiveness, and cost of the . DISCUSSION on our new report on animal-feed safety. Supplements                         Drugs         Aspirin                               Prescription drugs                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------...
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/health-fitness/drug-supplement-i...
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CDC - Podcasts  
... than scientists are able to evaluate their potential health impacts. We need stronger partnerships between scientists, environmental public health specialists, and builders. And just as there is a growing trend towards green buildings, we need to create a trend of green, healthy homes.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=5833
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Project Syndicate  
... carbon dioxide to prudent levels at an estimated cost of under 1% of global income. The changeover to a sustainable energy system will not come quickly, and will require new kinds of electrical power plants, new kinds of automobiles, and “green buildings,” which economize on energy use.
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sachs120
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Project Syndicate  
... underway. The rich world should commit to financing a massive program of technology development – renewable energy, fuel-efficient cars, and green buildings – and to a program of technology transfer to developing countries. Such a commitment would also give crucial confidence to poor countries...
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sachs142
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EPA Press Advisory - September 25, 2002 | Brownfiel  
... ANNOUNCES GREEN BUILDING PROJECTS ON BROWNFIELDS SITES IN EIGHT STATES Dave Ryan 202-564-7827/ryan.dave@epa.gov In an initiative designed to promote the construction of environmentally friendly buildings on Brownfields properties nationwide, EPA today announced the launch of Green Buildings...
http://epa.gov/brownfields/html-doc/pa092502.htm
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Car Talk  
... problem with his '92 Chevy Cavalier RS the other day. When Ralph and his wife arrived at the parking garage -- their jobs are in nearby buildings -- she was in a bit of a hurry. This left Ralph scurrying to catch up. Anyway, Ralph didn't notice that he had locked his keys in the car (he...
http://cars.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1994/November/14.html
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Car Talk  
... recent rush to spend large sums on personal computers is a case in point. Many school districts are spending like drunken sailors, wiring buildings for computers, etc., before they decide how the personal computers will be used. It is very difficult to find a coherent plan, either from the...
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/ATC/Education/Letters/18.html
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Project Syndicate  
... construction industry to offer untold millions more people the opportunity to call some beautiful place home, simply by building more high-density and high-rise vacation apartment buildings there. Many of the single-family vacation mansions or low-density apartment buildings that are being built...
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/shiller31
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ConsumerReports.org - Cleaning up mold, getting rid  
For information on federal guidelines for mold remediation in schools and public buildings, which may be adapted for home use, see EPA publication 402-K-01-001, March 2001, or go to . You can also type the publication number in the search box on the EPA Web site to access it.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/resource-center/after...
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