Back in the days when better living through chemistry was a promise, not a bitter irony, nylon stockings replaced silk, refrigerators edged out iceboxes, and Americans became increasingly dependent on man-made materials. Today nearly everything we touch–clothing, furniture, carpeting, cabinets, lightbulbs, paper, toothpaste, baby teethers, iPhones , you name it–is synthetic. The harmful side …
After almost a decade of leading the way in green building standards, the Town of Telluride is taking another step forward in updating its standards.
The City of Raleigh, Office of Sustainability has awarded CleanEdison a $45,000 contract to provide green job training to local construction professionals. The program will provide participants with hands-on energy audit training that will enable them to take part in the fast-growing green building industry. read more
RALEIGH, NC–(Marketwire – 05/28/10) – The City of Raleigh, Office of Sustainability has awarded CleanEdison a $45,000 contract to provide green job training to local construction professionals. The program will provide participants with hands-on energy audit training that will enable them to take part in the fast-growing green building industry. The Office of Sustainability will launch the …
After almost a decade of leading the way in green building standards, the Town of Telluride is taking another step forward in updating its standards.
“Green” building projects are now becoming the norm. Only a few years ago green buildings appeared to be a market trend, but countless projects are now focusing on environmentally friendly design and construction.
In the interest of green building and of involving many voices in the design phase of building, The New Community Coalitions Kim Wheels has organized the Integrated Design Workshop, to address systems thinking in building design.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) awarded the Home Builders Association of Delaware’s Green Building Council as its New Program of the Year. The group, consisting of more than 50 builders, was honored at the 12th Annual NAHB National Green Building Conference in Raleigh, N.C.
By MERISSA GREEN THE LEDGER The last time City Manager Dale Smith got the chance to slide down a fireman’s pole was in the first grade. He got his second opportunity Thursday at the grand opening of Winter Haven’s new Fire Safety Complex.
What is now grass and dirt in one lot along the Fox River could someday be the new Green Bay Bullfrogs stadium. Team owner Jeff Royle said financing issues have put a halt on building the stadium along the Fox River, at least for now. That’s why he’s looking into the option of building near Lambeau Field. Click on the headline to read Kristin Crowley’s full report.
