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Eco-Friendly Construction Practices That Could Save the World

Construction Marketing

Why Should Your Construction Business Care About Going Green? A quick recap of the extreme weather we’ve seen in 2017: Repeated large-scale hurricanes in Texas, Puerto Rico, Florida, etc. Going Green. This way, you’re reducing the disruption of natural environments. It also has a reduced impact on the local environment.

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Americans Are Relocating to Climate Havens to Escape Extreme Weather

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While most climate destinations are located in the Northeast and Midwest, Orlando also makes the cut for its city-wide measures to decarbonize, a green initiative gradually becoming more widespread across the U.S. Orlando makes the cut, Marandi said, because the city has introduced measures to decarbonize. Environmental. Market Data + Trends.

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

Green Building Law Update

Possibly more accurately stated, this is a report on the state of the LEED green building rating system. It is a given that each year Greenbuild is “the” target rich environment for networking with others across the environmental industrial complex and for learning about what is new from the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

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To shift to a sustainable trajectory, we need to massively step up investment in clean energy technologies—especially renewables and energy efficiency.”. CREATING A CLEANER, BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR FLORIDA’S ECONOMY. Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is the largest energy company in the U.S. in Florida. Photo: FPL).

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New RESNET Label Provides Home Energy-Efficiency Ratings and Certifications Info

Pro Builder

RELATED Home Performance Counts in the Home Building and Buying Process Meet the Zero Energy Ready Home Program Version 2 Development of Next National Green Building Standard Underway While increased interest in energy efficiency isn't consistent across the nation, it is growing.

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Hertz Announces Worldwide Headquarters Campus Design

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“The new headquarters will be a highly sustainable and efficient world-class building, enabling us to create a best-in-class work environment for our employees. Additionally, we believe our headquarters campus will help Southwest Florida realize its long-term economic development aspirations,” Frissora added.

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20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity

Business Facilities

Green Building Council is expanding its LEED for Cities and Communities program with a new $500,000 grant from Bank of America. Read: 20 Communities To Address Climate Change, Resilience, Social Equity at BusinessFacilities.com.

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