February 19, 2007
EcoLogo, CleanGredients Streamline Ingredient Selection Process
OTTAWA – EcoLogo, a Canadian green certification and marketing organization, has announced that it will make it easier for manufacturers to formulate products that meet its green certification criteria by streamlining the audit for products using ingredients listed on the CleanGredients database.
CleanGredients is an online database of institutional and industrial cleaning ingredients developed to help manufacturers of green cleaning chemicals and products select environmentally preferable chemical ingredients.
EPA and Three Partners Launch Design Challenge
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and three sustainable building industry partners have launched the “Lifecycle Building Challenge” competition, inviting the nation’s architects, builders, recyclers, educators and students to submit ideas that facilitate the reuse of materials from buildings undergoing disassembly.
New GBI Software Can Compare Hundreds of Design Alternatives
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Green Building Initiative has developed a new life cycle assessment tool that it says will make it easier than ever for designers to take into account a proposed building’s potential impact on the environment during its lifespan. The tool can assess embodied energy, solid waste, air and water pollution, and global warming potential.
Green Hotel in Napa Caters to Eco-Conscious Travelers Seeking Luxury
NAPA, Calif. — Located on four acres in American Canyon, the Gaia Valley Hotel is an eco-operational hotel that features several concepts endorsed by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program.
The hotel offers such amenities as fine dining, more than 4,000 square feet of meeting and conference facilities, a fitness and business center, pool and a full-service spa. But what really sets this property apart is that it is environmentally sustainable and it attempts to set a trend for eco-conscious travelers.
West Coast Green Ideas Still Reverberate
Although the West Coast Green Conference & Expo in San Francisco occurred almost five months ago, it set some waste management standards that are worth noting. The expo, using a combination of composting, recycling and carbon offsets, successfully diverted 96 percent of its garbage from landfills.
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