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If a tree falls in the forest and no one has heard that the approval of LEED v4 has been appealed

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council announced that its membership had voted to adopt LEED v4, the next update to the world’s most widely utilized third party validated green building rating system. At least 2 appeals have been taken from the vote to adopt LEED v4. On July 2, 2013, the U.S. A copy is here.

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Overcladding for old masonry façades: why it is important to think performance first

Construction Specifier

As they age, many begin to show the effects of neglect, weather, and deferred maintenance on their façades, foundations, and roof assemblies. From Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon, many cities are contending with government and school buildings from the last century, built with solid masonry bearing walls.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Earthbags.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life. California's Green Building Code. Urban Green Building. let all be fine and well, i am in the recoding process in portland oregon. Name: Kelly Hart. View my complete profile.

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Visiting the Producers of Jeanne-Marie De Champs & Domaines Et Saveurs Collection

ENR Construction

Charles (Jeanne-Marie’s son in law) in green sweater. But I believe Jeanne-Marie’s philosophy is to really make the foundation of the wine in the vineyard, work as hard as possible with the vines and interfere as little as possible in the winery. DOMAIN P.PERNOT.

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FEATURE STORY: The Story Of Storage

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Large-scale data centers are known to use the amount of electricity equivalent to small towns and, despite many greening initiatives, some centers release a significant amount of air pollution in the form of diesel exhaust. Greene And The Greening Of Data Centers. Let’s recap a few of his most notable prognostications.

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FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

A white paper recently released by the Kauffman Foundation finds that Kansas City and other areas viewed as “new” startup high-tech hubs actually are benefitting from many years of nurturing a local culture of entrepreneurship. Photo: Rockymountaininnosphere.org.). By Jonathan Sanders. From the September/October 2013 issue.

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Two Week Natural Building Intensive

Natural Building

Smith co-founded the Cob Cottage Company, along with Ianto Evans and Linda Smiley, in Oregon in 1993. He wrote “The Cobber’s Companion” in 1996 and co-authored “The Hand-Sculpted House” (published by Chelsea Green, 2002) and “The Art of Natural Building (2nd edition, New Society, 2015).”

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