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Get This: Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow
February 15, 2010 With snow blanketing much of the country, the topic of global warming has become the butt of jokes. Climate skeptics built an igloo in Washington, D.C....
February 15, 2010 by Christopher Joyce
National Public Radio Website

The Bay State goes green: Massachusetts poised to be the most energy efficient state in the U.S.
Massachusetts is hoping to save some green by going green this year. State officials recently announced an energy efficiency plan - including a sweeping switch to energy-savin...
February 1, 2010 by Press Release - eLightbulbs.com
eLightbulbs.com Website

Growing Pentagon Focus on Energy and Climate
The Pentagon released its Quadrennial Defense Review on Monday, a wide-ranging report laying out rising priorities for keeping the peace and, when needed, waging war. For the...
February 1, 2010 by ANDREW C. REVKIN, New York Times – Dot Earth Blog
The New York Times

Ranking the world's most sustainable companies
Over the past decade, "sustainability" has become a popular corporate buzzword with a nebulous definition. To most people it connotes an abstract sense of do-gooding that cent...
January 31, 2010 by Helen Coster, Forbes.com
CTV Website

Penn joins global sustainability effort
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann was among 25 university presidents who have signed onto a global agreement in support of campus-wide principles and measureabl...
January 28, 2010 by Penn News Staff
Penn Current

California adopts first statewide green building code
California's building commission adopted the first statewide green building code this week. Environmental groups welcomed the new standards, which mandate water use reductions...
January 25, 2010 by Daniel B. Wood - Staff Writer, Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor

ASHRAE Standard 189.1 Published: Goal is to surpass Standard 90.1-2007
Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is the first code-intended commercial green building standa...
January 24, 2010 by News at ContractingBusiness.com
ContractingBusiness.com

Past Decade Warmest on Record, NASA Data Shows
WASHINGTON — The decade ending in 2009 was the warmest on record, new surface temperature figures released Thursday by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration show. ...
January 21, 2010 by John M. Broder
The New York Times

What Would Failure to Combat Climate Change Quickly Mean? A new study quantifies for the first time what happens to long-term policy options if mid-term emissions targets are not met
BOULDER, Colo. – Turns out climate policy has some tipping points. Failure to set and meet strict targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts over the next 40 years could put...
January 21, 2010 by Douglas Fischer and The Daily Climate
Scientific American Website

Convention Centers That Don't Make an Impact: Environmental stewardship is giving some convention centers a competitive advantage.
Today's conventions are held to make an impact on employees, shareholders, and investors, while at the same time incorporating tactics to make less of an impact on the planet....
January 20, 2010 by Andrea Doyle
Successful Meetings

Worrisome Trends Show Eroding U.S. Competitive Advantage in World Science and Engineering Environment
ScienceDaily (Jan. 18, 2010) — The state of the science and engineering (S&E) enterprise in America is strong, yet its lead is slipping, according to data released at the Whit...
January 18, 2010 by ScienceDaily Staff
ScienceDaily

Eco-Wineries Turn Wine Red, White and Green: Eco-minded vintners embrace solar energy, recycling to lighten environmental footprint
John Conover was looking for the best place to grow the Napa Valley's famous cabernet sauvignon grapes. Turns out the same southwest-facing, sunny hillside that gives him grea...
January 12, 2010 by Michelle Locke For The Associated Press
ABC News Website

Half of Non-Residential Buildings Will Be Green by 2015 -Study
Green buildings will make up about half of the non-residential building stock by 2015, up from about 15% currently, according to a new study from venture capital firm Good Ene...
January 6, 2010 by Sari Krieger
The Wall Street Journal

Green Building in Arizona: Two Videos on PBS Affiliate KAET-TV
KAET-TV is the PBS affiliate for the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is housed and managed by Arizona State University. For more than 25 years, viewers have relied on Hori...
December 22, 2009 by Horizon KAET PBS Website
Horizon Website

EPA is preparing to regulate emissions in Congress's stead
The Obama administration moved closer Monday to issuing regulations on greenhouse gases, a step that would enable it to limit emissions across the economy even if Congress doe...
December 8, 2009 by Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post Staff Writer
The Washington Post

It's natural to behave irrationally: Climate change is just the latest problem that people acknowledge but ignore
To a psychologist, climate change looks as if it was designed to be ignored. It is a global problem, with no obvious villains and no one-step solutions, whose worst effects...
December 8, 2009 by David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post Staff Writer
The Washington Post

Greenbuild Expo showcases innovative products - USGBC In the News Details
Thousands of entrepreneurs, sales executives and marketers in the fast-growing “green” construction industry converged in Phoenix on Wednesday for opening day of t...
November 12, 2009 by J.Craig Anderson
The Arizona Republic

2 MILLION-PLUS U.S. BUILDINGS ARE LIGHTING-SYSTEM UPGRADE CANDIDATES, NLB SAYS
Silver Spring, MD—More than 2.2 million of the nation’s 2.7 million older (pre-1980) commercial buildings have been using the same lighting for the past three decades, the Nat...
September 17, 2009 by Press Release - National Lighting Bureau - info@NLB.org
The National Lighting Bureau

Investors working to 'green' houses
Ernesto Fonseca and Philip Beere see the economically ravaged Metro light-rail corridor of west-central Phoenix as the perfect laboratory for their green experiment. The h...
September 6, 2009 by J. Craig Anderson
Arizona Republic

STRONG T12 LAMP SALES, UPCOMING BALLAST PHASE-OUT CREATE MAJOR LIGHTING UPGRADE OPPORTUNITY
Silver Spring, MD—Despite strong, on-going sales of 4-foot T12 fluorescent lamps, the magnetic ballasts commonly used for the lamps’ operation will start becoming relics of th...
September 1, 2009 by Press Release - National Lighting Bureau - info@NLB.org
The National Lighting Bureau

Autodesk’s Ambition to Change the Green Building Industry
When software is designed well, it can radically improve the way an industry works. That’s the vision behind ongoing efforts at Autodesk to upgrade its building performance mo...
August 29, 2009 by Justin Moresco
earth2tech Website

Congratulations Greater Phoenix Chapter of IFMA
Green Ideas congratulates the Greater Phoenix Chapter of IFMA in receiving four National Awards of Excellence. This is a record number of awards received by a chapter in a si...
August 14, 2009 by Ted Ritter, LEED® AP
Greater Phoenix Chapter of IFMA

Unlocking energy efficiency in the U.S. Economy: McKinsey study says $520 billion invested in building energy efficiency by 2020 would reduce energy consumption by 23% and save $1.2 trillion.
In this report, McKinsey & Company offers a detailed analysis of the magnitude of the efficiency potential in non-transportation uses of energy, a thorough assessment of the b...
July 31, 2009
McKinsey & Company Website

Pizza Fusion Mesa, AZ Receives LEED Silver Certification: Organic pizza franchise's third LEED certified location is Arizona's first LEED certified restaurant.
Mesa, Ariz. (PRWEB) July 27, 2009 -- Pizza Fusion (http://www.pizzafusion.com), pioneer of the environmental and organic restaurant movements, was recently awarded LEED Silver...
July 29, 2009 by Press Release
PR Web

Teens get a first-hand look at solar energy in action
A solar-powered vitamin factory in Henderson served as the backdrop Friday morning for a group of valley teenagers learning about green technology. The teens are participat...
July 25, 2009 by Jeremy Twitchell
Las Vegas Sun

Diamondbacks, APS team for green home stand
The Arizona Diamondbacks will trade in their colors for more green this week, an effort to raise awareness about energy use by turning Chase Field into a renewable energy-powe...
July 22, 2009 by Patrick O'Grady
Phoenix Business Journal

Green Building Goes Global
Over the last five years, there has been an expansive growth and interest in the U.S. market around green buildings and sustainable design principles. The United States Gr...
July 21, 2009 by Tim McEnery, Vice President, International, USGBC
Hospitality Design

When LEED isn't achieved, who's to blame? - For buildings that are projected to earn LEED certification but do not end up with enough credits, engineers could be held financially accountable.
When building owners anticipate tax relief and promise certain sustainable features to tenants, not earning the projected U.S. Green Building Council LEED rating becomes a fin...
July 13, 2009 by Kyle Swenson, Nashville Post -- Consulting-Specifying Engineer, 7/13/2009 1:47:39 PM CDT
Consulting-Specifying Engineer

Gov. Brewer signs solar bill, creates tax breaks, incentives
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Friday night signed into a law a bill that offers new tax breaks and incentives to solar energy firms. Business and solar energy firms backed Senate...
July 10, 2009 by Mike Sunnucks – Phoenix Business Journal
Phoenix Business Journal

Chipotle Earns the First LEED-Platinum Certification Awarded to a Restaurant
DENVER, Colo. -- A Chipotle Mexican Grill in Illinois with its own wind turbine and a 2,500-gallon underground water cistern to harvest rainwater was certified by the U.S. Gre...
July 9, 2009 by GreenerBuildings Staff
GreenerBuildings

Atlanta Botanical Garden responds to ‘LEED-washing’ claims
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has responded to the environmental news site which last week questioned whether the Piedmont Park, er, parking deck was as “green” as it’s been to...
July 9, 2009 by Thomas Wheatley in News
Creative Loafing

G8 pledges to pursue ambitious climate change pact
July 9 -- President Obama and the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom pledged July 8 during the G8 meeting in Italy to confront cli...
July 9, 2009 by Bruce Geiselman, Waste & Recycling News senior reporter
Waste & Recycling News

Two U.S. firms achieve LEED certification for data centers – L.L. Bean and Symantec facilities recognized for sustainable building practices
Security giant Symantec announced that its Springfield, Ore., site achieved LEED Gold certification. This is the company’s second facility to get recognition from the USGBC...
July 2, 2009
DatacenterDynamics

Are developers making mis-LEED-ing claims?
You know those words you’re sick of, the little bits of lexicon used and abused so frequently that they’ve been drained of meaning: green, natural, eco-friendly? Well, now you...
July 1, 2009 by Lisa Selin Davis
Grist

East Bay Green Corridor grows, cash pours in
The sun is shining on the East Bay's green business climate these days, as federal stimulus money pours in and more cities and schools join a regional push for green-collar jo...
June 27, 2009 by Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle

House Passes Climate Bill: Republicans Say Proposals Will Hurt Economy; Prospects in Senate Are Murky
WASHINGTON -- Landmark legislation to curb U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions was approved by the House of Representatives in a close vote late Friday, securing an initial victory ...
June 27, 2009 by GREG HITT and STEPHEN POWER
Wall Street Journal

Green Building Bills Praised as Largest Step NYC Can Take to Combat Global Warming and Build a Green Workforce: EDF testifies legislation will cut energy demand, pay for themselves, help reduce consumer electric bills
NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Defense Fund today testified that if the New York City Council passes a green building legislative package, it could...
June 26, 2009 by Press Release
PR Newswire

Sears Tower Unveils Plans for a $350M Green Facelift and a 'Net-Zero' Hotel
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The owners of Sears Tower plan to ratchet up the efficiency strategies at the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, cut electricity use by 80 percent an...
June 26, 2009 by GreenerBuildings Staff
GreenerBuildings

Positively Beneficial to the Climate
Is it really possible to have less than zero carbon emissions? Sixteen projects worldwide, including Zonk’izizwe Town Center in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, will attempt to...
June 26, 2009 by Debra Hazel
GlobeSt

Starbucks commits to green building
SEATTLE Some customers may like their coffee black, but Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) wants them to associate their coffee with green. The company announced in late June a new gl...
June 26, 2009 by Charles Redell
Sustainable Industries

Green Building Innovators LEED by Example
Sustainable Industries announced its top 10 green building products for 2009. Products include windows, woods, and water efficient fixtures. One of the unique features of ...
June 26, 2009 by Andrea Nocito - Matter Network
Reuters

Buildings Seeking LEED to Provide Performance Data: Energy and water usage reporting becomes a precondition of certification
June 25, 2009 (Washington, DC) - As part of LEED v3, the latest version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s program for green building design, construction, operations and ma...
June 25, 2009 by Press Release
USGBC Website

GE Capital unit earns LEED certification
Companies don't have to own the building they occupy to qualify for U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification. GE Capital Real Estate, which leases headquarters space...
June 25, 2009 by Richard Lee – STAFF WRITER
Connecticut Post

Walgreens Opens the Nation’s First LEED Registered Drugstore in Mira Mesa, Calif.: “Green from the ground up” building designed to reuse, reduce and recycle
DEERFIELD, Ill., June 24, 2009 - Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, will celebrate today the grand opening of the first drugstore nationwide to meet top environm...
June 24, 2009 by Press Release
Walgreens Website

Clinton Climate Initiative Focuses on City Infrastructure
On May 19, 2009, the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, announced a global program developed in collaboration with the U.S. Gree...
June 23, 2009
Today's Facility Manager - Facility Blog

Northern Arizona University Building Among 'World's Best'
Newswise — Northern Arizona University’s Applied Research and Development building is the only building in the United States to receive an esteemed international award last we...
June 22, 2009 by Press Release
NewsWise

New Report Provides Authoritative Assessment of National, Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change: Details Point to Potential Value of Early, Aggressive Action
Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a new...
June 16, 2009 by Press Release
U.S. Global Change Research Program

Santa Clara data center earns LEED Gold certification – Digital Realty Trust facility uses air side economization
The U.S. Green Building Council has issued LEED-CI Gold certification to a Digital Realty Trust data center in Santa Clara, Calif. Key to certification of the facility at ...
June 16, 2009
DatacenterDynamics

12-6, AZ Senate passes solar bill
After a short debate that at times turned testy, the Arizona state senate passed a major solar bill today by a vote of 12 to 6. SB 1403, “The Quality Jobs Through Renewable...
June 12, 2009 by Osha Gray Davidson
The Phoenix Sun

City works on green building ordinance: Lower permit fees could be used as an incentive to get developers/homeowners to build environmentally friendly
Pressured by impending deadlines for compliance with state-mandated sustainable development standards, the Malibu City Council and Planning Commission held a joint meeting at ...
June 10, 2009 by Olivia Damavandi / Staff Writer
Malibu Times

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