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New standards expected to accelerate green construction

Mar 12, 2010
The first set of codes and standards for green construction will be released this coming Monday, a landmark achievement that proponents say will accelerate construction of high-performance green buildings nationwide.

Recovery funds help outfit buildings with energy-efficient roofs

When the roof of the Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, Kan., began leaking last summer, it couldn't have come at a better time.

How agencies will shrink their carbon footprints

The federal government's carbon footprint is big: 51.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. That's roughly twice the size of Walmart's carbon footprint and about one-ninth that of California.
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