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    1. “ Betsy is a return speaker to our DesignRealized program. ”
      By Thomas M. Simmons
    2. “ What you can save in the next couple of years will far outweigh the cost (of the bulbs). ”
      By Curt Wobeter
    3. “ I'm always looking for ideas to save money. ”
      By Ryan Fischer
    4. “ Basically, to put it into laymen's terms, we're building a cave above ground. ”
      By Darin Dietz
    5. “ In Vancouver, during the 60s, 70 and into the 80s, a lot more was done. ”
      By Roland Haebler
    6. “ Russians don't want to live in wood-frame houses. ”
      By Klaas Rodenburg
    7. “ It's tight enough in the winter that you need an air exchanger. ”
      By Klaas Rodenburg
    8. “ We want to see if concrete is a viable building material for the home. ”
      By Klaas Rodenburg

  1. Concrete Green Building Blog

    1. Supplemental cementitious materials (SCMs) and concrete -Continuing the discussion

      Explore Concrete Green Building Blog (Feb 14 2012) Concrete
      by Ryan Henkensiefken

      Supplemental cementitious materials (SCMs) and concrete -Continuing the discussion

      After receiving a few questions regarding my last blog post, “Fly Ash and Sustainable Concrete,” I determined a review of the different types of supplemental cementitious materials (SCMs) would be a good idea.  However, getting half-way though writing the post, I realized, without a basic understanding of cement, it’s hard to understand why we would want to replace it. That in mind, let’s start with the basics of cement, and cement hydration, and then go into a series of posts where I will discuss briefly the different cementing materials used in concrete, and the benefits and drawbacks of ...

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    2. Rapid Drying Concrete helps prevent moisture-related flooring problems and contribute to a healthier environment.

      Explore Concrete Green Building Blog (Feb 1 2012) Concrete
      by Randy Turpin And Peter Craig

      Rapid Drying Concrete helps prevent moisture-related flooring problems and contribute to a healthier environment.


      A "concrete" solution to moisture-related flooring problems. Every year, moisture-related flooring problems (and the disputes that follow) add hundreds of millions of dollars to project costs. Scores of topical approaches have been introduced to try to mitigate the effects of high moisture levels in concrete slabs. These treatments, however, can add significant costs to a project, be disruptive to apply, and, to date, have not proven to be 100% effective.  

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  2. Featured Articles

    1. Building Innovations, Trends and Best Practices from Around the World ...

      Explore Environmental Expert (Feb 20 2012) Green building , conference , tradeshows

      Building Innovations, Trends and Best Practices from Around the World Highlight Carrier's 2012 Global Engineering Conference * profiles * services * news * staff border border What is a Bronze Sponsor? PR Newswire PR Newswire 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300 New York, New York 10014 USA View Phone/Fax Number Visit Website More News From This Company border border 0 Comments Building Innovations, Trends and Best Practices from Around the World Highlight Carrier's 2012 Global Engineering Conference (Read Full Article)

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    2. Energy saving techniques and green architecture methods stand to cut costs ...

      Explore La Jolla Light (Feb 18 2012) Green building

      Energy saving techniques and green architecture methods stand to cut costs ... By Paul Benton Earlier this month, the research and advocacy group known as Architecture 2030 released a report indicating that the implementation of green building and energy saving techniques stands to save the U.S. building sector trillions of dollars in energy costs while conserving significant resources nationwide.  The report, which was created using data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in association with the U.S. Department of Energy, indicates that Americans will save $ (Read Full Article)

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    3. Behind the Top 10 List for Green Building Markets: How SF Made No. 1

      Explore greenbiz.com (Feb 16 2012) Green building

      Behind the Top 10 List for Green Building Markets: How SF Made No. 1 By Leslie Guevarra Published February 16, 2012 Email | Print | Single Page View More Stories On: Buildings, Finance, More... Buildings, Finance, Policy & Regulations, Reporting, Sustainable Sites It's always interesting to learn how the leaders in any Top 10 list emerged as the front-runners, especially in the sustainability arena where green rankings abound. (Read Full Article)

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    4. Construction Concerns for Firefighters: Insulated Concrete Forms

      Explore FireEngineering.com (Feb 6 2012) green concrete , Concrete , conference

      Construction Concerns for Firefighters: Insulated Concrete Forms Search on the Internet for "insulated concrete forms" for more information on this method of concrete construction as well as for manufacturer and trade association Web sites. (Read Full Article)

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  3. The latest on green building

    1. How to Analyze a Project for Performance Goals is Next Sustainability ...

      Explore chron.com (Feb 21 2012) Eduction

      How to Analyze a Project for Performance Goals is the topic of the next DesignRealized Eco-Responsible Design continuing education program on Thursday, March 16. This sustainability session is a case study of the Harim Office Building designed and built by The Beck Group. Betsy del Monte, FAIA, LEED BD+C, Principal, will discuss how the project was designed to reflect the brand of the company through a sustainable design process, as well as how technology was used to determine the buildings perf

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    2. Demand for Green Home Building and Remodeling on the Rise

      View all 2 articles » Explore hispanicbusiness.com (Feb 21 2012) Green building

      Demand for Green Home Building and Remodeling on the Rise Here's some encouraging and not entirely surprisingly news from the housing front (and no, I'm not talking about the slow death of the McMansion): According to recently published findings from McGraw-Hill Construction's Green Home Builders and Remodelers Survey, the construction of eco-friendly single-family homes represented an impressive 17 percent -- or $17 billion if you want to put a ... (Read Full Article)

      Green - a major theme in home construction - WCFCourier.com   View article

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    3. After LEED, Then What?

      Explore Homepage (Feb 20 2012) Green building

      Print Comment By Catherine Hart image credit: todaysfacilitymanager.com We have written a lot about LEED here over the years, as it is a big part of Greensburg's identity as a model community. For those of you new to the lingo, LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a "green" building certification process created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1998, and there are over 7,000 buildings in the U.S. that have been certified under (Read Full Article)

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    4. Top Ten Extreme Environment Projects, Los Angeles NFL Stadium Proposals and ...

      Explore World News (Feb 19 2012) Green building

      Top Ten Extreme Environment Projects, Los Angeles NFL Stadium Proposals and State of the Building Industry Special Report in February's Issue of Construction Digital This month, we take a look at up-and-coming trends in green building, including innovations in lighting, automated systems, and building design - as well as a survey of the future of infrastructure. CARLSBAD, CA, February 19, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The February issue of Construction Digital is now available online for industry (Read Full Article)

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    5. Weighing the benefits of a sustainable concrete duplex

      Explore journalofcommerce.com (Feb 17 2012)

      Completed in February, the two-family home was developed through a partnership between Habitat for Humanity, Lafarge North America and Stantec. All three groups will monitor how well the structure performs. “We want to see if concrete is a viable building material for the home,” said Klaas Rodenburg, Stantec’s sustainable design co-ordinator. In Western Canada, wood-frame construction is the norm. Since planning started almost two years ago, Stantec has provided pro bono advice and Lafarge donat (Read Full Article)

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    6. Architectural concrete gives new shape to an old material

      Explore journalofcommerce.com (Feb 17 2012) green concrete , Architectural Concrete

      Known as architectural concrete, it is being used to express different colors, finishes, building shapes and sustainability objectives. “In Vancouver, during the 60s, 70 and into the 80s, a lot more was done,” said Roland Haebler, president of Haebler Construction, which is known for working on challenging projects that involve architectural concrete. “It’s a more difficult contract,” he said “You often have to do a lot of mock-ups.” Some of Haebler’s award-winning projects include Sunset Commun (Read Full Article)

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    7. Obama Budget Charts Bold Course for Green Building Priorities

      Explore USGBC Blog (Feb 14 2012) Green building

      Obama Budget Charts Bold Course for Green Building Priorities Bryan Howard Legislative Director U.S. Green Building Council On Monday, President Obama released an ambitious $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to pump billions of dollars into the economy through clean energy and infrastructure improvements, while seeking to eliminate existing incentives for oil and gas and ending tax cuts for those making more than $250,000. As part of the Better Buildings Initiative, a 10-year initiative to make non-residential build¬ings 20 percent more energy efficient, the budget aims to re-design the cur¬rent tax deduction for commercial buildings 179D to a credit, and change ... (Read Full Article)

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    8. 8 Invaluable Resources for Installing Solar in 2012

      Explore Green Building Elements (Feb 6 2012) Green building

      8 Invaluable Resources for Installing Solar in 2012 February 6, 2012 By Britt Mauriss Leave a Comment Repost this article Home solar panel system Going solar is a beautiful thing. It not only saves money on your electrical bills for decades to come—it conserve the earth’s precious resources as well. But where to turn for current, insightful resources on solar panels, pricing, financing and incentive options in 2012? How to know how much energy your home consumes right now, and how much you can s (Read Full Article)

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    9. Green Luxury: It's all in the details for ecologically conscious custom builder

      Explore The Daytona Beach News (Feb 4 2012) Green building

      Green Luxury: It's all in the details for ecologically conscious custom builder "I'm a fourth-generation builder," says Scott McCarthy, whose family moved to Florida in 1970 to escape the cold of New York. "My great-grandfather was sent from England to build churches through Central and South America. My grandfather was a union carpenter in New York, as were his sons." (Read Full Article)

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    10. Green Buildings A Trillion Dollar Money Shaker?

      Explore EarthTechling (Feb 3 2012) Green building

      Green Buildings A Trillion Dollar Money Shaker? * by Kristy Hessman, February 3rd, 2012 * * Tweet * * * * Email The days of constructing energy-hogging buildings could soon be something considered so 2010. A new study out from Pike Research, Zero Energy Buildings, shows the revenue from constructing zero energy buildings growing by leaps and bounds over the next 20 years. In fact, their projections show green building revenue growing to $690 billio (Read Full Article)

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    11. Army to Congress: LEED Doesn’t Cost More

      Explore USGBC Blog (Feb 3 2012) Green building , conference

      Army to Congress: LEED Doesn’t Cost More The Army is still going for Gold and Platinum despite recent legislation calling a halt to LEED spending. The federal government has been one of the biggest supporters of LEED certification in the last few years, with the General Services Administration (GSA) requiring basic LEED certification for all federal buildings starting in 2003 and then upping that requirement to LEED Gold in 2010. The military has been on the cutting edge of green building from the beginning. The Navy adopted sustainable design principles before LEED even existed, as we reported way back in 1998. The Army embraced LEED in 2006 ... (Read Full Article)

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    12. New York adopts green building codes, aims to save $400M

      Explore Architect Magazine (Feb 3 2012) Green building

      According to a new report from the Urban Green Council, over the last two years New York City has been making progress on building construction and renovation standards that will eventually save $400 million in energy costs. In February 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn convened the city’s Green Codes Task Force to examine how to offset the effects of green ... (Read Full Article)

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    13. UAB students building 20-foot concrete canoe for competition

      Explore uab.edu (Feb 2 2012)

      Hollywood hit men have taught us concrete galoshes will sink a body. University of Alabama at Birmingham engineering students are learning that concrete also can be used to keep a body afloat. “Water has a specific gravity of one, and as long as the specific gravity of the concrete is less than one, it will float,” says Ethan Parker, a senior in the UAB School of Engineering. “It is a simple equation.” Parker and his colleagues, members of the UAB chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers, (Read Full Article)

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    14. AIA Chooses Sustainable Projects for Volunteer Program

      Explore Architecture Design for Architects (Feb 1 2012)

      AIA Chooses Sustainable Projects for Volunteer Program The AIA's Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) has selected seven communities to receive pro bono design and planning services. (Read Full Article)

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    15. Concrete Education

      Explore La Jolla Light (Feb 1 2012)

      Concrete Education Did you know? The UCSD campus, including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is 1,152 acres, 310 acres of which has been set aside for parkland and open space.  According to the school’s 2004 Long Range Development Plan, UCSD is approximately 83 percent built out. Construction at UCSD to yield four new structures in 2012 By Pat Sherman Four major construction projects at the University of California, San Diego are slated for completion this year, in addition to a $2.1 million facelift of the La (Read Full Article)

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    16. LEED for the Outdoors? Landscapes Get Their Own Green Certification Standards

      Explore GOOD Home Page (Jan 30 2012)

      LEED for the Outdoors? Landscapes Get Their Own Green Certification Standards Green-building standards like LEED and SEED help guide and spur environmentally conscious construction. But step outside the door and into the garden, the campus quad, or the street, and there’s never been one set of rules to promote sustainability. Until now. The American Society of Landscape Architects and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin have been ... (Read Full Article)

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    17. Smart paint detects tiny faults in structures such as bridges

      Explore Engineering News & Engineering Jobs (Jan 30 2012)

      Strathclyde University scientists are developing a smart paint that can detect microscopic faults in bridges, wind turbines and mines. (Read Full Article)

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    18. Building a new 520, the world's longest floating bridge

      Explore NewsTimes.com (Jan 24 2012)

      Building a new 520, the world's longest floating bridge (Read Full Article)

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    19. World of Concrete Attendees Ready To Get Back to Work

      Explore enr.construction.com (Jan 24 2012) tradeshows

      World of Concrete attendees say they’re ready to get back to work.

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    20. DC Leads The Nation In Green Building Space

      Explore wusa9.com (Jan 24 2012) Green building

      DC Leads The Nation In Green Building Space The District has more building space certified for energy efficiency & sustainability per capita than any of the 50 states (Read Full Article)

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    21. Green Building Megatrends for 2012

      Explore Builder Magazine (Jan 19 2012) Green building

      Dubbed "the godfather of green," Jerry Yudelson discusses 10 trends bound for growth in the months ahead. (Read Full Article)

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    22. New Report Highlights Existing Authorities for Better Buildings, Updates on ...

      Explore Home | Switchboard, from NRDC (Jan 18 2012) Green building

      Home › Contributors › Meg Waltner › New Report Highlights Existing Authorities for Better Buildings, Updates on Progress to Date Meg Waltner’s Blog New Report Highlights Existing Authorities for Better Buildings, Updates on Progress to Date Meg Waltner Posted January 18, 2012 Tags: energyefficiency, existingauthorities, federalpolicy, greenbuildings Share | | | The Obama administration has significant ability to promote energy efficiency and sustainability in residential, multifamily and co (Read Full Article)

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    23. Green building conference growing in size and reputation

      Explore Cranbrook News, Events & Classifieds (Jan 18 2012) conference , tradeshows

      Green building conference growing in size and reputation What is becoming a premier green building and sustainability events is getting set for it's third annual edition. The third annual Green Building Conference is set for March 2 and 3, 2012 at the Kimberley Conference and Athlete Training Centre. The conference, which enjoyed a successful launch in 2010, brings the public together with green building experts for two days of workshops, presentations and a showcase. There are two days of workshops. Friday's roster is aimed at professionals in the gr (Read Full Article)

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