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USGBC and Home Depot Launch Green Products Site
The building materials retailer now has a searchable database of products suitable for LEED for Homes projects
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Energy Positive in Oregon’s Painted Hills
A solar-powered ranger station wins an award at the International Builders’ Show
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Serious Energy’s Challenging Start to 2012
A fire destroys a manufacturing plant in Winnipeg and the company takes steps to shut down its window factory in Chicago
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Possible Relaxation of Passivhaus Standard Stirs Debate
A PHIUS proposal to implement ‘cost-effective’ adjustments for projects in very cold climates continues to spark comments for and against
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Early Lessons from the Living Building Challenge
The LBC is one of the most stringent building standards, so LBC projects often double as laboratories for green builders
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Passive House in the Woods Goes Energy-Positive
A PV array helped a Passivhaus project in Hudson, Wisconsin, exceed net-zero-energy performance in 2011
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Teaching Deep Green by Building It
Students at the Endeavour Centre in Ontario, Canada, are studying design and construction by building a home billed as the country’s “greenest”
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John Straube Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
Straube is recognized for his commitment to helping industry professionals understand buildings and their materials from the ground up, inside and out
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Green Building’s Growing Market Power
A McGraw-Hill study predicts up to a fivefold increase in green residential construction by 2016
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A Fuel Cell That Can Power Almost 1,400 Homes
Belgium-based chemical company Solvay leads a fuel-cell demonstration project that produces 500 MWh in about 800 hours