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The recent addition to the company’s Accsys product range is Cradle to Cradle Gold certified.
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The new convector is made of entirely renewable components.
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AIA COTE announces a new Top Ten Plus award to recognize post-occupancy performance of past Top Ten Green Projects, and is now accepting submissions for the 2013 program.
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The free, public format aims to standardize the disclosure of building product contents, emissions, chemical hazards, and health information.
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An opinion piece in The New York Times questions whether buildings should be designed to respond to the impacts of the environment, such as flooding, pandemics, and energy shortages, and not just to generate lower environmental impacts.
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The U.S. General Services Administration is gathering info for its Green Proving Ground program that examines sustainable building technologies and practices for federal buildings.
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In round four of the back and forth between USA Today and the USGBC over the on-going series on the green-building organization and LEED, USGBC vice president of LEED technical development Brendan Owens weighs in.
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Carbon emissions dropped 8.2 percent and energy use is down 4.4 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to an Urban Land Institute study.
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USA Today's series examining the USGBC and LEED continues with a focus on the relationship between the organzation, LEED development, and the building industry.
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The USGBC repsponds to USA Today's article critiquing LEED, asserting that "LEED isn't perfect, but it is always improving" and "the costs of individual LEED credits are irrelevant because the market learns to deliver green buildings at little to no added cost."