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BOMA International and U.S. Green Building Council Sign Memorandum of Intent
March 2007
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  • Green Building

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and the US Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) to work cooperatively to promote energy-efficient and environmentally responsible building operations and maintenance practices to th

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Seven Minnesota School Districts Become Energy Star Leaders
January 2007
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  • Green Building

Seven Minnesota school districts are among 20 organizations nationwide to meet the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Challenge and earn the Energy Star Leader designation.

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Little Red School Houses Get Wired and Turn Green
December 2006
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  • Green Building

Educational facilities focus on technological advancements and efficiency: School construction and renovation is on the rise across the United States; it’s a process needed to accommodate a growing student population and provide the up-to-date educational facilities to prepare students for life and

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Guarantee Delivers LEED Platinum Building
December 2006
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  • Green Building

Design/Build Electrical Meets Green Contracting: Companies expect their corporate headquarters to make a statement; if your name is Alberici Constructors and you are a member of the U.S.

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New Strategies to Attack Rising Energy Costs
November 2006
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  • Green Building

According to an article in the Albany Business Review, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and green are the key words for electrical contractors working in New York.

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Think Globally, Build Locally
by
Darlene Bremer
| September 2006
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  • Green Building

Power Solutions helps builds green community center IN 2004, THE COUNTY OF Arlington, Va., located just outside Washington, D.C., decided to build a new community center to provide recreational programs and an adult facility for senior citizens.

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Expansion and Renovation, the Quaker Way
by
Claire Swedberg
| September 2006
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  • Green Building

Power Services and Natelco modernize private school with the environment in mind MEMBERS OF THE SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL COMMUNITY feel a responsibility to the earth.

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Navy Federal Staying 'Green'
September 2006
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  • Green Building

ON HIGH GROUND, among the rolling hills of Pensacola, Fla., sits a building in balance with its environment. The Navy Federal Credit Union’s Heritage Oaks call center was designed with employee comfort and health in mind.

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Producing Green Power
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| July 2006
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  • Green Building

An important consideration for any “green” building is its electric power supply. Commercial buildings currently consume more than one-third of the total electric energy produced in the United States. The U.S.

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Being Green: LEED Certification
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| November 2005
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  • Your Business

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is an industry organization made up of many parts of the construction industry including owners, designers and contractors.

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Photovoltaic Finish
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| November 2005
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  • Green Building

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) recognizes the contribution that photovoltaics (PV) make to the sustainability and efficiency of a building project through its Green Building Rating System for New Construction & Major Renovations (LEED-NC Version 2.1).

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Green Lights in Government
by
Debbie McClung
| August 2005
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  • Your Business

One of the most dynamic parts of the midnight Miami skyline is the Port of Miami Bridge—a half-mile concrete roadbed with piers awash in a blue glow.

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Building Commissioning: On the Whole
by
Jennifer Leah Stong-Michas
| May 2005
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  • Your Business

“The basic purpose of building commissioning is to provide documented confirmation that building systems function in compliance with criteria set forth in the Project Documents to satisfy the owner's operational needs.

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Taking the LEED
by
John Fulmer
| April 2005
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  • Green Building

We have a couple of items for April. One is an information update from a previous column. Another concerns new sustainable building requirements, which is very topical. It is a bit of a head's up on how these requirements may have hidden costs you might miss in a bid.

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New Trends in Commercial Lighting
by
Susan M. Casey
| January 2005
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  • Lighting

On three faces of the new downtown Los Angeles headquarters of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), 2,000 innovative outdoor metal panel scrim louvers open and close in vertical banks.

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Building the Smart Way
by
John Fulmer
| December 2004
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  • Your Business

There's a growing urgency in the development of “green” or “smart” building, and learning to install its energy infrastructure-which is called integrated building systems (IBS) and involves tying together HVAC, electrical, security, lighting and fire alarm systems-could well be a boon to contractors

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Tangent Cable Systems: Prior Experience Gives Tangent the Edge
by
Darlene Bremer
| December 2003
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  • Systems

In 2001, PFPC Inc., a leading provider of processing, technology and business solutions to the global investment industry and a member of the PNC Financial Services Group Inc., decided to expand its operations by adding a four-story, 116,000-square-foot worldwide headquarters building to its existi

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USGBC Achieves Cleaner and Greener Certification by Offsetting Emissions
November 2002
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  • Green Building

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