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    1. Five Green Buildings In The Big Apple

      Explore EarthTechling (Mar 27 2012) Green building

      Five Green Buildings In The Big Apple You might not think of greenness when you think of New York City—it tends to call to mind concrete, smog and traffic rather than clean and eco-friendly design. But that’s not quite the case. Green building is on the rise, literally, in NYC. Due to the dense population of the city, electricity and water are consumed at extremely high rates, and this has caused builders and investors to realize that going green is a pretty smart idea. In this photo gallery, we’re seeing how a few buildings, from c (Read Full Article)

    2. Green Development Has A Community Motivated

      Explore EarthTechling (Mar 24 2012) Green building

      Green Development Has A Community Motivated San Diego‘s Village at Market Creek is a classic example of the type of mixed-use development espoused by the field of New Urbanism, encompassing residential, commercial, and recreational spaces, connected via walkable streets and easy access to public transportation. It’s a combination of features that works to increase quality of life for residents while decreasing their overall carbon footprint, and it’s also the sort of thing that tends to earn green certification through the U.S. Green Buil (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   U.S. Green Building Council

    3. The Deep Green Building Next Door

      Explore EarthTechling (Mar 21 2012) Green building

      The Deep Green Building Next Door Radically green but deeply pragmatic? The Clock Shadow Building in Milwaukee, isn’t the first Midwestern building project we’ve seen to take on the deep green challenge set by the Pacific-Northwest-based Living Buildings Institute, but it may be the first to truly imagine a world where deep green looks pretty much like the building next door. Granted, there are the telltale touches—the flecks of paint on the building’s brick facade, for example, that bear testament to the bricks’ previous lives (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   U.S. Green Building Council

    4. World's Greenest Building Might Be In Pittsburgh

      Explore EarthTechling (Mar 4 2012) Green building

      World's Greenest Building Might Be In Pittsburgh Back in November, we brought you word that the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh was taking on the deep green challenge set by the Pacific Northwest’s arm of the U.S. Green Building Council and the International Living Building Institute. Now we’ve got specs in our hot little hands for the new Center for Sustainable Landscapes, set to open this spring, and man-oh-man, is there any green building strategy in the known universe this building doesn’t showcase? Sure, it’s got all those green build p (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   U.S. Green Building Council

    5. 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)

    6. One Mean, Green Stadium For North Texas

      Explore EarthTechling (Oct 28 2011) Green building

      One Mean, Green Stadium For North Texas EarthTechlingOne Mean, Green Stadium For North TexasEarthTechlingWith a name like 'Apogee Stadium,' there should be no doubt that the University of North Texas (UNT) was aiming for the utmost in green building with its new football stadium, and now the US Green Building Council ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   U.S. Green Building Council