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Has your Business Insurance Gone Green?

Green insurance policies allow green and non-green buildings to be rebuilt to LEED level.
February 03, 2012
The notion of green insurance has been around for several years — specifically since 2006 when Fireman’s Fund began offering coverage for green commercial and residential buildings.


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Editor's Note: 15 Years and Counting!

February 03, 2012
It’s hard to believe that we’re celebrating our 15th year of producing ED+C with this issue.


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Understanding Commissioning

January 24, 2012
Commissioning Existing Buildings: the newest addition to IFMA's sustainability “How-to Guide” series.
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Editor’s Note: Getting Conservative

January 09, 2012

 Greetings and welcome to the New Year! Have you come up with a resolution yet?  


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Editor's Note: An Editor's Perspective

December 05, 2011

 I’m fond of classic rock. Some of you may have picked up on this thanks to my references to such artists as David Bowie, The Kinks, Van Halen and others in the pieces I’ve written in the past five years. I’m going to dedicate this one to The Who — specifically the band’s song “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” 


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Editor’s Note: Learn Green, Earn Green

Schools in the U.S. need help — maybe more help than you think.
November 01, 2011

A survey sponsored by United Technologies Corp. and the U.S. Green Building Council’s Center for Green Schools found that one in three Americans believe the majority of U.S. schools are in “poor” shape.


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LEED: Lessons from the Fiber Side

Businesses on the solid wood side of the forest products industry should see these trends as an opportunity.
October 03, 2011
As the U.S. Green Building Council updates its LEED program, there are valuable lessons the forest products industry can learn from the fiber side where booming demand for FSC-certified products has become a leading driver for change within the sector.
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Guiding Principles

A key factor in helping to secure forest health is as simple as remembering one of LEED’s guiding principles.
October 03, 2011

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has articulated seven “Guiding Principles” to help make decisions. One of the seven seems especially timely now as the organization overhauls its LEED program: Establish Leadership.


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Buying Local

Examining the complexity of how material selection can either contribute to or offset the environmental impacts of transportation.
October 03, 2011
Placing special emphasis on the use of local materials is a popular approach to reducing the environmental impacts of construction projects.
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What’s NEXT?

Greenbuild 2011 will showcase what’s upcoming for LEED.
October 03, 2011

This year’s Greenbuild is all about what’s NEXT — from a sneak peak at what’s NEXT in product and service innovations, to what’s NEXT in business and sustainability in our nation’s cities.


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