RISMEDIA, August 12, 2010Green building. What began as a buzzword a few years ago has transformed todays real estate industry. This month, we talk with Al Medina, director of NARs Green Designation, a groundbreaking educational program that provides vital
Photo By ADAM NORTHAM Citizens pause on the front steps of the Lincoln County-Brookhaven Government Complex Tuesday morning. The entire building will soon be reworked and rewired for the installation of energy-efficient mechanisms expected to save almost 15 percent on annual utility costs.
Right now its a shell of a building. But even at this stage its skeletal frame with widely spaced multi-colored diagonal sheathing is visual eye candy for those of us accustomed to traditional building.
There is some exciting albeit hush-hush initiatives going on with Turtle Clan Environment Testing Inc. these days. The green company is currently in negotiations with a couple of Native American communities on both sides of the border, in eastern Canada and northeast U.S. One project involves constructing relief shelters from agri-board (a straw based building material) and the other involves …
