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Fire gutted two businesses near Green Lake on Sunday. Neighbors called 911 when they saw smoke pouring from a building at 7214 Woodlawn Avenue Northeast.

SEATTLE – Fire gutted two businesses near Green Lake on Sunday. Neighbors called 911 when they saw smoke pouring from a building at 7214 Woodlawn Avenue Northeast. Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to other buildings. “Heavy, heavy fire damage and you can see that. But firefighters really did do a good job at getting flames out quickly and the fire station is less than three …

LANSING – Bills that would provide for tax abatements for construction or renovation of LEED-certified buildings are being discussed in Lansing, as lawmakers look at ways to promote community revitalization and development.

Some 800 building projects currently underway in Doha are scheduled for delivery in 2012, an official of Project Qatar 2010 said yesterday “These projects will be environment-friendly compliant, as per the guidelines of Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC). The QGBC vision is to provide leadership and collaboration for Qatar in guiding and adopting environmentally sustainable practices for green …

ARCATA — Local self-reliance and its relation to a thriving community is the theme of this year’s Plan It Green fourth annual Building Green Communities Conference to be held on April 3 from 8 a.

The San Anselmo Planning Commission will consider a “green” building ordinance when it meets at 7 p.m.

Lauren Prochaska scored a season-high 29 points to lead Bowling Green to a 62-53 win over Toledo in the Mid-American Conference championship, giving the Falcons’ their 10th title and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

PLANS to create dozens of jobs by expanding a laser firm could be scuppered – because the new building would be in York’s green belt.

NEW DELHI, March 13 (Bernama) — The new Assembly building has become the first Assembly building in the world to be designed and constructed as a green building, the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has certified, media reports said Saturday.

With global warming posing a threat for the real, and rapid urbanization mounting pressure on land, making it scarcer and pricier, it’s time to go in for ‘green and intelligent buildings.’