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August 11,2010• Audit finds waste by DOE in 'green' government building projects. An audit of a program run by the U.S. Department of Energy that pays private contractors to make older government buildings more energy efficient warns of a huge potential for waste and abuse, according to a Sept. 21 Washington Post report.
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August 11,2010With amenities like an eco garden, externally vented kitchens, highly efficient floor plans, and a 4,000-sf vegetated roof, the 937 Condominiums development in Portland, Ore.'s Pearl District is on pace to achieve LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Local architect Holst Architecture drew upon the natural web-like fractal patterns found in rock formations when designin...
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August 11,2010Last year, the talk at A/E/C Systems was how Internet startups were going to revolutionize the industry. Although some survived, others bit the dust, with far too many promising technologies and services for which the industry was just not ready. This year's show at Chicago's McCormick Place on June 19-21 once again focuses on productivity solutions for A/E/C professionals, but also includes...
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August 11,2010Birmingham, Ala.-based Hoar Construction has completed the North Tower addition at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Ala. The four-story, 123,000-sf addition accommodates an ER on the first floor, 32 private patient rooms and nursing support on the second and third floors, and room for 32 planned patient rooms on the top floor.
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August 11,2010As U.S. Green Building Council president and CEO Rick Fedrizzi delivered his opening remarks at the fifth annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, November 15-17, in Denver, he talked repeatedly about partnerships and collaboration, announcing several new USGBC initiatives and programs with companies and organizations such as Autodesk, Enterprise Community Foundation, the City of De...
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August 11,2010The 35,000-sq.-ft. Signature Room banquet hall in Woodridge, Ill., incorporates projecting and radiating glass accents on the exterior that are expressed on the interior as skylights.United Skys Inc. Circle 213
