Welcome guest poster, David Scott, Esquire. I asked David to write a post about why there hasn’t been much LEED litigation. As a fellow lawyer and LEED AP, I anticipated a slew of lawsuits. However, like David, I am still waiting. Here is David’s response: At one point in the immortal comedy Caddyshack, the [...]
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I love a happily-ever after green building story. Don’t you? Not the type like a guy meets green house, but rather a severely disabled veteran accepts the keys to his donated new modular, green house. This true story will take place on March 8 when Waldemar Alameda, his wife, and family will be given the keys to [...]
The first time I laid eyes on a NanaWall door system, it was love at first site. NanaWall door products bring the outside in with a push of the collapsible door via its open glass wall technology. Think of a wall full of windows that with ease opens your home or business to the outside. [...]
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Lots of good green stuff in the mailbox this week ranging from five green energy myths with a dash of Children’s Tylenol recalls and a sprinkle of what is the Smart Grid anyways? Oh, don’t forget to read the BottleHood’s creative way to reuse wine bottles. Lots more where that came from. [...]
What are you first thoughts when you see the picture above? These people are standing in the middle of a Greenhouse? Well. Close. The picture is of sustainable architect and author Stuart Rose, Ph.D., green designer and developer and his wife, Trina Duncan, in their own home. He is the designer of Garden Atriums. Rose’s [...]
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Here are some green links I found interesting in my email box this week. Add your own favorite green news or articles in the comments below: GE and Umicore Complete Technology Transfer, Sign Agreement to Commercialize GE NOx Emissions Reduct NAHB to Phase Out Home Certification Under Model Green Home Building [...]
Welcome Guest Poster, J. Garver – “Writer of all things left and progressively green.” Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Are you wearing the green? Well, here is some green to think about. Spring 2010 is approaching and there’s a lot of buzz around topics like the economy, taxation, global poverty, restoration in Haiti/Chile, [...]
Roediger NoMix toilet (urine diversion flush toilet). Move over dual flushing toilets. Meet the NoMix toilet, which separates your number 1 from your number 2. Okay, Anna. What’s the trick here? Who cares if a toilet can separates my bodily movements. Hear me out. There is a method to my madness. What is a the point of a [...]
You know why Abe is smiling? Because America has a bright future ahead of it. We will get out of our economic rut and green building is the answer. Green building will create jobs and spur the economy to recover. Right now Congress has taken the lead and there are several green building bills pending. [...]
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Photo courtesy of Falcon Foam. Updated 12/20/2011: Falcon Foam’s garage kit is not known as Matador. How many of you use your garage as a work area? Or how many feel like their bedroom above the garage is cold despite adequate insulation? Are your garage doors insulated? I did not think. My prior house had [...]
