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4/09 Doing Well by Doing Good

In a recent posting on Capital Markets Update, ULI senior resident fellow Steve Blank points to a working paper that validates the numbers for developing green. "Doing Well by Doing Good? Green Office Buildings," authored by Piet Eichholtz and Nils Kok of Maastricht University and John Quigley of the University of California at Berkeley, provides substantial economic support for the argument that "green is green," Blank says. ...
http://repositories.cdlib.org/iber/bphup/working_papers/W08-001/

12/08 Amidst Deepening Recession, Green Fights Back: Green Building has Shown Uncommon Resiliency Through First Year of Recession

Despite a slowdown affecting nearly all segments of the commercial property industry, green building is positioned to withstand the deepening economic recession and possibly emerge as a more influential force than before, sustainability advocates say.
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=0800BD6D5E553BBC96C62FD1E1701...

12/08 Studies on Smart Structures, Eco-Friendly Elements Affirm Appeal of Green Building

BOSTON, Mass. -- As the end of the year approaches, a raft of studies and reports are being released affirming the benefits and resilience of green building despite turbulent economic times.
In a wide-ranging 218-page report, the Continental Automated Buildings Association examines bright green buildings, the term CABA has coined for the intersection of smart buildings equipped with sophisticated controls systems and high-performance environmentally efficient structures. The result, the study said, is intelligent, green and profitable buildings.
http://greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/12/04/reports-affirm-green-benefits

11/08 Green efforts embrace poor; More areas are updating housing to cut energy use and utility bills

Low-income people who live in old or flimsy housing are becoming prime targets for cities and groups intent on slashing energy use
http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/38721

10/06 Buildings Major Source Of Greenhouse Gases, Expert Says

The biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in this nation and around the world is the buildings in which we live and work – not gas guzzling SUVs and other widely recognized energy consumers that we hear so much about – an internationally recognized architect and authority on preventing global warming said here this weekend.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_94288.asp

07/06 Building 'green' reaches a new level

PORTLAND, Ore. — Michelle Walsh looks out a wall of windows in her airy new condo high above the Willamette River. Across hills and forests loom snow-capped Mount Hood and, when it's clear, Mount St. Helens. Below? Construction chaos all around.
Walsh revels in it. She and her husband, Edward, proudly wear "urban pioneer" buttons the builder handed out to early move-ins at the nation's first large-scale redevelopment to go 100% "green."
Call it "eco-friendly." Call it "sustainable." Portland's $2.2 billion South Waterfront project, rising on a decaying industrial site south of downtown, signals a watershed in the green-building boom.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-07-26-green-construction_x.htm

07/06 Top Ten Reasons Why the Green Home Market is Ready to Surge

Last month, I attended the annual Pacific Coast Builder’s Congress (PCBC) in San Francisco, the largest regional builder’s trade show in the country, attracting more than 30,000 people each year. The program featured an all-day “Green Forum” featuring leading green home builders, market researchers and home energy experts from around the country. More than 150 people attended the session. Remarkable for me was the level of enthusiasm and commitment to green homebuilding from skilled and successful builders. This movement is getting ready to explode onto the homebuilding scene in the next five years, and here’s ten reasons why:
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