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The University of Chicago Harris School at the Keller Center

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Extreme sustainability was the chief goal for the reconstruction of Edward Durrell Stone’s Kellogg Center for Continuing Education at the University of Chicago.

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

Green Building Law Update

This post is a compilation of the highlights from the just completed Greenbuild International Conference and Expo that took place last week in Chicago. Even as builders and architects strive to understand the environmental impact of materials, material ingredient reporting and product transparency are on the rise.

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The New Frameworks Philosophy

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New Frameworks , a construction company in Vermont, specializes in natural and local materials. Using a plant-based material such as straw in construction can be environmentally beneficial because it stores carbon from the atmosphere. And how do you do that using materials that are low-carbon and nontoxic?'”

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. is similar to LEED in format with certification by GBCI based on a point system. The launch of RELi 2.0 s newest rating system, RELi 2.0 There will be a free RELi 2.0

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. is similar to LEED in format with certification by GBCI based on a point system. The launch of RELi 2.0 s newest rating system, RELi 2.0 There will be a free RELi 2.0

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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And of course the industry did see some notable shopping center renovations in 2010, such as Randhurst Mall in Chicago and Hamilton Plaza Shopping Center in New Jersey. Except for commodity-based materials like copper, steel and petroleum, construction material costs were down for most items. Low – Green building.

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Measurement Fails in Business, Part II: Real-World Examples and Solutions

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Steel’s South Chicago Works, the world’s largest structural steel mill at the time, employing 20,000 workers. Following each shift, we updated the steel report, which showed the tonnage of raw material—in the form of 10-ton ingots—that went in the front end and the quantity of rolled I-beam product that came out the back.

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