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Green Building/Sustainable Construction

 
Keep up the Green Work
by
Jeff Gavin
| February 2010
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  • Miscellaneous

Energy efficiency is a vital goal in creating truly sustainable buildings, and green certification programs popularly recognize many such structures. But to maintain sustainability after a hard-won award is its own challenge.

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Report: Green Data Centers Require ECs for Greater Energy-Efficiency
January 2010
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  • Green Building

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, “Green Data Centers—Emerging Trends and Developments,” finds that cost savings, along with the economic downturn, have emerged as the main catalysts in green information technology (IT) initiatives.

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Starbucks Brewing Greater Green Achievements
January 2010
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  • Green Building

Starbucks Coffee Co. is pressing forward toward its goal of achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for all new company-owned stores worldwide, beginning in late 2010.

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Report States Green Policies Could Create 4.5 Million Jobs
December 2009
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  • Green Building

A new report suggests green energy policies will be a major job creator in the United States. According to the report, “Estimating the Jobs Impact of Tackling Climate Change,” released jointly by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services Inc.

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Green House Effect: LEED in Homes
by
Joseph M. Kelly
| December 2009
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  • Lighting

The whole world is going green. Businesses and consumers are implementing green strategies, and the color green is taking over marketing campaigns. Even petroleum companies are coming out with green media campaigns.

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Outdoor Lighting Turns Over a Green Leaf
by
Pat Woods
| December 2009
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  • Lighting

This year brought sparse positive economic news, as soaring energy costs drove steep price increases and the mortgage meltdown stalled residential construction and later commercial construction with the credit crunch.

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Solar Decathlon Competitors Get Help From Electrical Apprentices
November 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

Competitors at the fourth annual National Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8–18, 2009, received aid from local electrical apprentices and licensed electricians.

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Resorting to Less
by
Richard P. Bingham
| October 2009
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  • Your Business

Much of the renewed focus on energy conservation and going green has been on what to do at home and in the workplace. But how about the places where people go to relax and play—resorts and other vacations spots? Are they becoming more green?

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New Smart Home Uses 50 Percent Less Wire but Points the Way to More Electrical Work
by
Mike Breslin
| October 2009
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  • Green Building

A new showcase house, “Green Life Smart Life,” was recently completed in Narragansett, R.I. It should be of great interest to electrical contractors, despite the fact that it used 50 percent less wire than a conventional home of the same size. Smart homes are becoming more attractive to owners.

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EPA Honors 17 Green Power Partners for Fighting Climate Change
October 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Partnership recognized 17 winners in three categories at the annual Green Power Leadership Awards in Atlanta in September. The winning organizations have made outstanding contributions in helping grow the nation’s voluntary green power market.

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Life-Cycle Assessment Proves LED Lamps Are Eco-Friendly
September 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

In a study on the live-cycle assessment (LCA) of light-emitting diode (LED) lamps by Osram Opto Semiconductors, the latest generation scores very high for environmental friendliness.

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Big Boy Celebrates 60th Anniversary by Turning Green
by
Mike Breslin
| September 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

When Bob Wian opened a 10-seat hamburger stand in Glendale, Calif., in 1936, he couldn’t have predicted how famous the logo of the smiling little boy in the checkered overalls would become. But Big Boy has become part of American fast-food culture.

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NECA Still Paving the Way for Green Energy
by
Rex A. Ferry
| September 2009
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  • Green Building

The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) was green long before it was in style.

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Design/Building Green
by
Chuck Ross
| September 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

Sustainable design and the design/build approach seem to be a match made in an environmentally friendly heaven.

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California Efficiency Standards to Leave National Requirements in the Dust
by
Rick Laezman
| September 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

Its recent problems notwithstanding, California continues to light a path to the rest of the nation for policy change. In this case, the path would be lit with a device that uses considerably less power.

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United States Joins the International Renewable Energy Agency
August 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

The United States officially joined the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on June 29, 2009, increasing the number of countries participating in the organization to 136. IRENA was initially founded on Jan.

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California Receives $90.4 Million for Efficiency and Green Jobs
August 2009
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  • Green Building

California was awarded 90.4 MILLION in stimulus funds from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP) to finance energy-efficiency projects and promote green jobs.

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Six Flags Going Green to Help Get out of Red
by
Mike Breslin
| August 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

Six Flags, the world's largest regional theme park operatorvirgvir, made two major announcements in June. First, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Second, it announced a major companywide plan to go green.

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Smarty Plants
by
Chuck Ross
| July 2009
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  • Miscellaneous

Energy is a big focus of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the stimulus package. As a result, efforts to make our current electrical transmission and distribution system “smarter” will be getting a boost.

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Guiding Light
by
Craig DiLouie
| July 2009
| under
  • Lighting

The International Code Council (ICC) develops model codes regulating construction of residential and commercial buildings, one of which is the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Most states have a commercial or residential energy code that is based on some version of the IECC.

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