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Longtime Tucson Green Building Pioneer Dies at 88

Pro Builder

Longtime Tucson Green Building Pioneer Dies at 88. Builder John Wesley Miller is remembered for his transformative building practices and his lasting impact on Tucson home building. . He was far ahead of his time in embracing sustainable building practices, building green homes before doing so was embraced as a mainstream practice.”.

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Database Aims to Remove Code Barriers to Sustainability

ENR Construction

Watershed Management Group, a Tucson-based nonprofit, initiated a research project with the ultimate goal of convincing Arizona building officials to accept non-code-compliant composting toilets—critical to potable water conservation in buildings—as an alternative to an onsite wastewater system.

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Green building consultant's top ten megatrends for 2013

Contractor Magazine

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Green building and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson releases his annual list of “Top 10 Megatrends” for the green building industry. Jerry Yudelson predicts the top green building trends in the year ahead. Yudelson said, “It looks like a good year ahead for the green building industry.

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Green building consultant’s top ten megatrends for 2013

Contractor Magazine

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Green building and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson releases his annual list of “Top 10 Megatrends” for the green building industry. Jerry Yudelson predicts the top green building trends in the year ahead. Yudelson said, “It looks like a good year ahead for the green building industry.

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Government Ownership of Rain is Antithetical to Increased Potable Water

Green Building Law Update

In point of fact, laws like the City of Tucson Ordinance 10597 of 2008 that require a minimum of 50% of water used for landscaping on new commercial properties be from collected rainwater on the site, may be the way of the future. .” Tucson may have gone too far in mandating rain collection for landscaping.

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Government Ownership of Rain is Antithetical to Increased Potable Water

Green Building Law Update

In point of fact, laws like the City of Tucson Ordinance 10597 of 2008 that require a minimum of 50% of water used for landscaping on new commercial properties be from collected rainwater on the site, may be the way of the future. Tucson may have gone too far in mandating rain collection for landscaping.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Some of the locations already are well-known for developing the next generation of technologies, such as Austin, home to Dell, Apple, Facebook and Google, and Tucson, with its hotbed of solar technology innovation. We have built this community to be sustainable at every level. Tucson is the Sun King. Array Technologies, Inc.,