“Specially green-certified government structures are consuming more water and energy resources than less expensive conventional buildings, a new life-cycle analysis by the National Research Council has found. Shocked, we are.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Green building/LEED
Same old dream: Net-Zero Living, A Few Decades Shy of Affordable
Net zero energy buildings produce as much energy as they consume via on-site renewable energy, but it will be about three decades before they become something more than a luxury of the well-to-do environmentally conscious—and even longer before net-zero living becomes a normal way of life. Continue reading
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Potential changes to green building standards rile chemical, vinyl trade groups
It should also rile consumers, who wind up paying for this nonsense. The Washington Post reports….
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Chemical makers bristle at building standards, say new rules will cost jobs
Chemical makers are bristling at proposed green building standards that they feel unfairly target their products. Continue reading
Posted in Energy efficiency, Green building/LEED, LEED
Tagged poor ventilation, sick buildings
Government green buildings more efficient than commercial buildings?
Paging Rush Limbaugh: Your grandfather’s new federal building is green. Continue reading
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Green Building Racket?
By Steven Milloy
September 6, 2007, FoxNews.com
“Building green” soon may be more about stealthily raking in cash from taxpayers than constructing “eco-friendly” buildings, if the U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, has its way in Congress. Continue reading
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