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The First BREEAM USA Certification

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million square foot shopping mall located in Thousand Oaks, California, owned by Macerich is the first project achieve certification under the new BREEAM In-Use program for existing buildings. based LEED certification consultancy headed by Barry Giles. Barry wants owners to see the benefits of greening existing buildings.

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Grocery stores choosing Green Globes for building sustainability certification

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Portland, OR – The Green Building Initiative® (GBI) has announced a wave of Green Globes certific read more. Architects Energy-Efficient Design Sustainable Design and Construction Building Owner Sustainable Development Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Retail Centers Lighting'

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The Best Kept Secret in Green Building - a Conversation with Jerry Yudelson

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I had a conversation with Jerry Yudelson last week, six weeks after he became the President of the Green Building Initiative, the non profit with the rights to distribute Green Globes in the United States. Jerry is known to many in the green building world. we have certified less than one percent of them as green.

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Top 10 States for LEED Green Building and Surprise Top LEED Rating System

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Green Building Council released its annual List of the top 10 states for LEED certification in 2014. Among the extremely useful information is that green building is no longer only about erecting new high performance buildings. billion square feet in the pipeline for certification. Today, the U.S. Washington, D.C.,

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USGBC: Free LEED certification for projects in new markets

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Green Building Council (USGBC), creators of the LEED green building program, announced today a new campaign offering free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in the 112 countries where LEED has yet to take root. In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S.

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A Week in the Life of LEED Certification

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This is a very unscientific consideration of all the non-confidential projects in the United States that achieved certification during the week of October 1 through October 7, 2013. With 7 projects, California had the most LEED certifications, followed by Michigan with 3 projects. At the low end, an NC v2.2

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

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Regency Centers Corporation, a publicly traded REIT, completed the sale of $250 million of “green building bonds” on May 14, 2014. With 332 retail properties, the REIT''s portfolio encompasses over 43.9 ” Only days before the green building bond sale, on May 12, 2014, Regency was honored by the U.S.

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