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leedhomedepot.com offers information on products that may contribute to the requirements of the LEED for Homes program
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USGBC's third public comment period for the proposed 2012 update to its LEED green building program will open Mar. 1, 2012.
Concrete played a significant role in building Montage Deer Valley, a 988,000-square-foot luxury resort and spa.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law in downtown San Diego is an eight-story classroom building, with ground-level retail space, and three levels of underground parking.
TreePeople is a nonprofit organization that addresses urban issues, such as water and energy conservation, flood prevention, and stormwater pollution.
The Ohio Street CSO Abatement Pilot Project was a partnership effort to beautify a significant transportation corridor into Indiana’s capital.
The Flamm project took the site, architecture, and detailing components of a building to their creative limits.
The Refinery is a 45,000-square-foot, two-story building on the Saddleback Church campus.
As the first LEED Gold-certified project in Kissimmee, this 54,000-square-foot facility used concrete tilt-up wall construction to reduced the project’s environmental impact.
As an affordable housing development, the Rosa Parks Apartments needed to be economical to build and sustainable in long-term operation and maintenance.
What was once a field of prairie grasses has been turned into an ornate model railway garden that uses stormwater captured with permeable concrete pavement.
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Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been elected chair of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC).
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U.S. Concrete announced the launch of www.concrete-greenbuilding.com, a blog portal on green and sustainable construction from around the internet.
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Case honors Seneca Landscapes and donates $1,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Wake County.
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The U.S. Green Concrete Council released a Spanish CD-ROM version of its bestselling book, "The Sustainable Concrete Guide - Strategies and Examples.
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Illinois' annual growth for the certification of existing green buildings continues to grow.
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The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has added a fifth career track to reflect the growing importance of ready mixed concrete’s role in sustainable development.
In this newly created position, Mlutkowski will work to increase sustainability content in the Institute's programs, events, documents, products and student activities.
Although the leaves are changing colors in Pittsburgh this fall, ACI will keep things green. The ACI's fall convention, “Green Concrete in the Steel City,” takes place Oct. 24–28 in Pittsburgh's Westin Convention Center Hotel and David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
The U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED program rates buildings in a number of environmental categories, awarding points for energy and water conservation; use of sustainable resources; and building occupant comfort. But the incorporation of structural efficiency, which can help owners and...