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Better guidance for appraising green buildings is steadily emerging

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Architects Green Renovation Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Green Specifications Sustainable Development Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Hotel Facilities Modular Building Multifamily Housing Construction Office Building Retail Centers Shopping Centers Transportation & Parking Facilities Green Sustainability'

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10 green building trends for 2014

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What are the major trends likely to affect the green building industry and markets in the U.S. As one of the world''s leading green building consultants, keynote speakers and authors, Jerry Yudelson thinks he knows the answers. He offers his green building mega-trends for 2014: read more.

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ECF picked for £250m Stockport regeneration

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Stockport MDC and ECF will invest over £250m to transform Stockport centre with 1,200 new homes, alongside retail, leisure, and office space. Stockport Mayoral Development has signed up The English Cities Fund as its joint venture partner to develop an eight-acre site, known as Stockport 8, in the town centre.

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USGBC launches real-time green building data dashboard

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Green Building Council last week launched an online data visualization resource that highlights real-time green building data for each state in the U.S. and Washington, D.C.

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EPDs are Among the Hottest Topics in Green Building

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In the context of green building, EPDs will provide a way describing the environmental impact of a building material or product. Life cycle assessment is widely accepted to encompass 5 stages: raw material acquisition, manufacturing, transportation, use, and end of life. It is analogous to the nutritional label on a box of cereal.

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Plans in for first phase of £2.5bn Salford Crescent scheme

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The Crescent masterplan ultimately aims to deliver over 3,000 homes, more than 1m sq ft of space to innovate and collaborate, alongside 1m sq ft of offices, retail, leisure, a new multi-modal transport hub with active travel at its heart, set within vast areas of green space.

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2013: The year of the super-tall skyscraper

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