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Straw Bale Houses in Southern California

Natural Building

Rebecca Tasker, with a crew of apprentices, is building two straw bale houses near Escondido, California. About sixty times more carbon is sequestered in a bale than is emitted in the production of the materials,” said Tasker. “For a long time the green energy has focused on how much is produced after the house is built.

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South Miami Poised to Mandate Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

The proposed requirement is a first anywhere except in California where there are only a very few locales with a similar mandate. The ordinance is modeled after similar laws enacted in the California municipalities of Lancaster, Sebastopol, and Santa Monica, and the City of San Francisco.

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California Faucets Achieves Made in California Program Status.

Contractor Magazine

Green Geothermal. Green Mechanical Awards. Home > Bath/Kitchen > Faucets > California Faucets Achieves Made in California Program Status. California Faucets Achieves Made in California Program Status. California Faucets has earned recognition by the Made in California Program.

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Blockchain has come to Real Estate

Green Building Law Update

A California based private company, Propy, contracted with Ukraine’s e-government agency to serve as a duplicate official ledger facilitating the $60,000 Kiev apartment sale in September. And progressive owners of green buildings and the like will all but certainly be at the forefront of this technological revolution.

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Opportunities Shine in Community Solar

Green Building Law Update

Motivations vary from concerns over global warming to increasing energy independence, and hedging against rising fuel costs to because it is chick to be green. Today there are only a handful of community projects actually producing power in Arizona, Colorado, California and Maryland.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

Job Order Contracting

Profitable partnering for LC. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)-7, California, USA. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)-7, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Insights from beyond construction: collaboration.

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A Week in the Life of LEED Certification

Green Building Law Update

With 7 projects, California had the most LEED certifications, followed by Michigan with 3 projects. 3 are owned by non-profits, including the Las Vegas Mobster Museum and the Lancaster YMCA. The 45 projects were spread across 28 states. So, most of the 28 states had a single project certified; a fairly even distribution.