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As the leaders of global trade met in a town that symbolizes “Made in America,” talks of tariffs and protectionism stirred up the conversation among participants and protesters organized around banners warning of climate destruction.
Meanwhile, cooperation and compromise appear to be barriers for creating a low carbon economy in the Mojave Desert of [...]

In the September issue of Harvard Business Review, they featured an article entitled “Why Sustainability is Now the Key Driver of Innovation.” The authors, distinguished professionals all of them, provided anecdotal solutions for businesses to become more environmentally conscious.
The buzz across the media and blog world is that sustainability and innovation are the driving forces [...]

Yesterday Reuters posted an article that demonstrated the incremental change that is taking place in the built environment.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designed to stimulate the economy appears to have the trickle down effect in the green building domain. Those that are working, are too busy to respond to email and those [...]

Henry Gifford the New Yorkers “Boiler Man” and an energy consultant in New York City is a dissenting voice for measuring building efficiency based on the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system. In his eye opening paper, “A Better Way to Rate Green Buildings,” Gifford asserts that appearance of energy efficiency is the [...]