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By Jennifer Senick
Notwithstanding the overlapping challenges of illiquid credit markets, "toxic" mortgage debt, increasing unemployment and lower fuel prices, the trend for growth in the green building movement continues to trend upward. This is evidenced not only by the growing number of green buildings, but also through the continued escalation of professionals trained in green design, and of cities that have adopted green building programs, guidelines or requirements.
Green Building is a collection of design, construction, and operation practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative environmental impact of development on the environment and occupants, by addressing such issues as energy efficiency, water conservation, indoor air quality, waste reduction and occupant productivity and health. The two most popular green building programs helping to drive this transformation in the building construction industry are the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating system and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR® Label for homes and commercial and industrial buildings. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), which launched its national green home building certification program in 2008, is also viewed as a driving force behind green building in the residential sector.
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
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Mike Purzycki New Castle
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In Michigan, some are predicting a better business climate for redevelopment and regulatory closure of contaminated properties thanks to a bill Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was scheduled to sign last week. The new regulations should have a positive impact on commercial real estate development and brownfields redevelopment resulting in the creation of jobs. |
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by VeruTEK
A property located on a bank of the East River and in a densely developed residential and commercial area, had its work cut out for it from an environmental remediation standpoint. The mission was to clean up the land and ultimately make one puzzle piece to a larger urban revitalization project that would be redeveloped as a public library and park ranger station.
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