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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Energy Savings Significant in LEED, ENERGY STAR BuildingsApril 3, 2008 (Washington, DC) – Two recently released studies, one by the NewBuildings Institute (NBI) and one by CoStar Group, have validated what the greenbuilding community has known all along: third party certified buildings outperform theirconventional counterparts across a wide variety of metrics, including energy savings,occupancy rates, sale [...]

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The green movement was rooted in the 60’s, beginning more than 40 years ago.  Spurred on by emerging energy markets and volatile commodity pricing, the cost of energy and the cost of building materials became global issues.

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