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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - DES Architects + Engineers designed Roche Molecular Diagnostics (RMD) ‘Green’ Research Building targeted to be LEED Silver certified whose grand opening ceremony took place on April 3rd. The 135,000 square feet building on RMD’s campus in Pleasanton establishes a strong connection between research and the adjacent development and pilot manufacturing buildings. The building represents another example of DES ongoing success with sustainable life science facilities. A former project, LEED Gold certified SUGEN, won the AIA San Mateo Green Building Award.

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San Francisco, CA - The groundbreaking in January 2008 for the new Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) Hospital, United Arab Emirates, inaugurated the much-anticipated hospital of the future. The CCAD hospital is a steward for the architecture of humanity, a building that employs the latest technologies, patient-centered care and evidence-based design to assist in healing patients and improving clinical outcomes.

HDR Architecture, Inc., selected as the Master Architect to design the new CCAD, was awarded the project through an International Design Competition. It represents HDR’s most significant project to date and will provide state-of-the-art healthcare in the Middle East.

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Studio doubles previous space, furthers company’s environmental stewardship with pursuit of LEED Certification

MILWAUKEE - Today Kohl’s Department Stores announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art photo studio in Milwaukee, just miles from the company’s Menomonee Falls, Wis. headquarters. The 100,000-square-foot facility was constructed using the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria and is expected to earn a Gold rating from the organization. It will be the only LEED-certified photo studio in the country.

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Leading Office Furniture Manufacturer Has Long History of Environmental Responsibility

MUSCATINE, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sustainability and environmental responsibility are increasingly important issues in today’s society. At The HON Company, the second-largest office furniture manufacturer in North America, conserving raw materials is not a new concept. In fact, it’s something the company has been doing since its inception.

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North Walpole, NH – Len-Tex Corporation announced today that the entire line of its Surface iQ™ non-vinyl wallcovering has earned the Cradle to Cradle℠ (C2C) Certification at the Silver tier for healthy and sustainable product design from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC). Surface iQ is the only printed commercial grade wallcovering to have earned this certification.

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Point Reyes and San Francisco, June 15–27, 2008

San Francisco, Calif., March 3, 2008—The Office of Special Programs at
California College of the Arts (CCA) has announced the launch of the Summer
Institute in Sustainable Design. This two-week immersion program enables
practicing professionals in design and other disciplines to come together to
learn about and discuss cutting-edge green strategies and their applications
in the realm of design. The first program in what will be an annual series takes
place June 15–27, 2008, in Point Reyes and San Francisco. Details are
available at www.cca.edu/sustainable.
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U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Awards LEED® Silver Certification

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Department of General Services (DGS) announced today that the California Department of Rehabilitation’s headquarters in Sacramento has become the first State building to be awarded green building certification after undergoing a major renovation.

To mark the achievement, a USGBC plaque designating the Department of Rehabilitation Building as “LEED-New Construction Silver” (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was unveiled today at the 721 Capitol Mall building during a ceremony for the building’s employees.

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ECOLOGO RELEASES LISTS OF NEWLY CERTIFIED JANSAN PRODUCTS

Reading, PA —EcoLogoM and TerraChoice Environmental Marketing, North America’s leading environmental certifying, labeling, and marketing program, has just released a listing of jansan-related products that have recently been EcoLogo-certified.

The EcoLogo program certifies environmental leadership claims for thousands of products and services in dozens of industries. These range from cleaning chemicals and supplies to building materials and agricultural products to automotive and boating products.

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Leading bamboo producer teams with Grammy-honored John Mayer, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, Sixthman and Reverb for environmental education and rock cruises

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - Cali Bamboo, the company committed to saving the planet one customer at a time, is co-sponsoring the Barenaked Ladies’ Ships & Dip III and Mayercraft Carrier music cruises with Reverb. The two cruises, which are produced by Sixthman, will be sailing to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas with 6,000 music fans, and Cali Bamboo will be there to spread the message of environmental awareness. For Cali Bamboo’s founders, Goldberg and Haigwood, the trip is a natural progression to keep their environmental efforts apace with the success of their business.

Cali Bamboo’s increased effort launched – literally – on January 27th from Miami aboard the Carnival Victory bound for Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Ships & Dip III, the name of the cruise itself, includes concerts by Barenaked Ladies, Guster, The New Odds, Jason Plumb, Gaelic Storm and many others.

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Three Major Trends Pushing Green Building to the Forefront of Industry

RALEIGH, N.C., January 28, 2008 – According to FMI’s 2008 U.S. Construction Overview, construction industry stakeholders are increasingly recognizing green building capabilities as “good”—and being a necessary part of a firm’s best practices. Green building is no longer a niche sector, and three major trends are pushing green building to the forefront of the construction industry.

FMI’s 2008 U.S. Construction Overview, published annually since 1977, offers a comprehensive report on vital construction trends. It also forecasts the growth or decline in each market segment and geographic region, noting both short-term and long-term considerations.

According to the Overview, green nonresidential construction put in place was $13.4 billion in 2006, and by 2008 $21.2 billion of all new nonresidential construction will employ the use of green building principles. The growth in green construction has created a shift in perception among owners and the architectural and engineering communities. Construction industry stakeholders have embraced the green movement and sustainable design for its energy savings, worker productivity increases and positive public perception, the report states.

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Songdo U-Life Complex in Korea to House Gale International/U-Life Northeast Asia Headquarters

NEW YORK – The New York office of HOK, one of the world’s leading architecture and urban design firms, has unveiled the design for its latest commercial office building in Songdo International Business District, Incheon, South Korea. The new 55,000-square-foot, five-story Gale International/U-Life Northeast Asia Headquarters building, aiming to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Platinum criteria, will be the first of its kind in Korea.

The U-Life complex project will be a leading example of sustainable design for both Songdo IBD and Korea. The project fully embodies its educational mission, demonstrates how it is possible to lead by example and points to new possibilities for the built environment in restoring ecosystems and reducing global greenhouse gas buildup.

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Urban planners that are interested in achieving sustainable development or sustainable cities use various design principles and techniques when designing cities and their infrastructure. These include Smart Growth theory, transportation-oriented development, sustainable urban infrastructure and new urbanism. Smart Growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in the center of a city to avoid urban sprawl; and advocates compact, transit-oriented development, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including mixed-use development with a range of housing choices. Transit-oriented development attempts to maximise access to public transport and thereby reduce the need for private vehicles. Public transport is considered a form of Sustainable urban infrastructure, which is a design approach which promotes protected areas, energy-efficient buildings, wildlife corridors and distributed, rather than centralised, power generation and wastewater treatment. New urbanism is more of a social and aesthetic urban design movement than a green one, but it does emphasize diversify of land use and population, as well as walkable communities which inherently reduce the need for automotive travel.

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Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj Paper Evaluates Emerging Trends and Adoption of Sustainable Practices in India

NEW DELHI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taking action on India’s environmental crisis is no longer an option – it is a necessity. Sustainable real estate presents India with an unique and enormous opportunity to make concrete progress in the country’s effort to improve its environment. In a recent research report titled ‘Sustainable Real Estate Development in India’, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj highlights the increasing trend of sustainable development in India. There is greater consciousness towards the environmental crisis in India with terms such as sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and triple bottom reporting becoming more common in the real estate industry. The report also details the best practices and processes that owners and occupiers can adopt to reduce the environmental impact of their real estate assets and at the same time, gain from substantial ROI (Return on Investment) from their ‘green’ initiatives.

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Green building supplies, services and solutions now readily available for commercial and residential builders and homeowners in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Green Depot (www.greendepot.com), the Brooklyn-based supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions, today announced the opening of its newest showroom space in Newark, NJ.

The store, Green Depot’s first in New Jersey, is located near the northwestern edge of Newark Liberty International Airport at 6 International Way, Suite A, just off the 1 & 9 South. Green Depot showcases the very best of green building materials in a 2,000 square foot, two-level space. It also features a design center where Green Depot staff works with customers to find building solutions that are green, cost-efficient and easily adaptable into their construction or renovation projects.

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