Green Building News
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Preservation Green Lab Will Promote Rehab of Historic Buildings
Lab Will Develop Best Practices For Energy-Efficiency Retrofits SEATTLE, Wash. — The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) has announced the launch of a public-private partnership to facilitate energy-efficiency retrofit…
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Insurance Discounts For Homes With Green Features
Rate Reductions For Photovoltaic Arrays or Ground-Source Heat Pumps HARRISBURG, Penn. — A Pennsylvania insurance company, Dongal Insurance Group, is offering a 5% “green” discount on homeowners’ insurance. The discount…
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Sonoma County Will Provide Loans For Energy Retrofit Work
Both Homeowners and Commercial Property Owners Are Eligible SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The Sonoma County government has launched a program to offer loans to homeowners and commercial property owners for…
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Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Are Deconstructing Michigan Homes
In Depopulated Midwestern Cities, Demolition Is a Pressing Need SAGINAW, Mich. — For the last 30 years, Habitat for Humanity volunteers have focused most of their efforts on new home…
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News Headline Roundup
Energy Star Windows, Weatherization, Building Deconstruction — and More BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — The “In” box at GreenBuildingAdvisor’s news desk is overflowing, so it’s time for a roundup of news headlines…
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Selling Reclaimed Snow Fence Boards For Siding
Wyoming Recycler Finds New Uses For Weathered 1x6s LARAMIE, Wyo. — For the past nine years, a Laramie recycling company, Centennial Woods, has been satisfying a growing market for recycled…
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Arizona Solar-Marketing Program Targets Realtors
Solar-Equipment Dealers Offer Commissions to Realtors PHOENIX, Ariz. — A solar-equipment trade group called the Arizona Solar Power Society (ASPS) has developed a program to transform real-estate agents into solar…
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Van Jones Joins the Obama Administration
Environmental Activist Gets a White House Job WASHINGTON, D.C. — Author and activist Van Jones has a new job as President Barack Obama’s adviser on green jobs and energy initiatives.…
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Green Architect Greg Franta Dead at 58
His Car Left the Road and Ended Up in a Ravine BOULDER, Colo. — The body of green architect Greg Franta, who had been missing since February 9, was discovered…
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Minnesota Faces An Acute Shortage of Energy Auditors
Gearing up to Spend Weatherization Money Will Take Time ST. PAUL, Minn. — With a flood of federal dollars headed their way, Minnesota officials are scrambling to find enough home-energy…
