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Last Swath of Fort Ord is Turned Over to Local Group for a $100M Privatized Cleanup
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/13/last-swath-fort-ord-turned-over-local-group-a-100m-privatized-toxic-cleanup
By Leslie Guevarra
A 3,300-acre Superfund site at the once vast Fort Ord in Monterey County has moved from federal hands to a group of local authorities that will oversee a $100 million environmental cleanup funded by the U.S. Army and will set the stage for redevelopment.
Box of Rain: States Take a Closer Look at Rainwater Harvesting
By Jeff Kray
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/column/2008/08/14/box-rain-rainwater-harvesting
Regulators have historically tended to look the other way when it comes to water captured as rain. But as water becomes more scarce, regulators are more closely scrutinizing the increasingly popular practice of
rainwater harvesting — collecting rainwater in barrels, buckets and tanks.
National Labs Help DOE Strive for Zero-Net Energy Commercial Buildings
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/06/national-labs-help-doe-strive-zero-net-energy-commercial-buildings
By Leslie Guevarra
With guidance from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), five national laboratories are banding together to help speed development of marketable zero-net energy commercial buildings.
‘The Dollars and Sense of Green Retrofits
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/01/the-dollar-and-sense-green-retrofits
Companies that pass up a chance to green their existing commercial buildings may never recover from the losses resulting from greater operating costs, lower productivity, negative brand image and declining attractiveness to workers, according to a recent study.
Johnson Controls Helps Green Olympic Venues
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/05/johnson-controls-helps-green-olympics
Johnson Controls’ green building and efficiency solutions are up and running at 18 Olympic stadiums and supporting facilities, the firm said.
Waste Drywall Finds New Life As Gypsum Products
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/05/waste-drywall-finds-new-life-as-gypsum-products
USA Gypsum has added a new product to its line of gypsum made from recycled drywall waste.
Aon Offers Green Building Insurance, Allstate Tests E-Payment, Eco-Contribution Program
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/07/aon-offers-green-commercial-building-insurance-allstate-tests-e-pay-eco-contribution
By Leslie Guevarra
The Aon Corporation is offering a green insurance option for commercial property policyholders, and Allstate Insurance Company is expanding a market test of a paperless billing and pay process that’s paired with a conservation contribution program.
EPA Provides $500,000 to Green Brownfields
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/11/epa-provides-500000-green-brownfields
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s program to help green brownfields is providing more than $500,000 in technical assistance to 16 projects nationwide.
Atco Signs Up to Help Ease Draw on NY Power Grid
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/12/atco-signs-up-help-ease-draw-ny-power-grid
Atco Properties & Management has enrolled several of its commercial buildings in the PowerPay New York demand response energy conservation program that’s aimed at reducing blackouts and brownouts in New
York State.
50 Kohl’s Stores Awarded EPA’s Energy Star
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/04/50-kohl%E2%80%99s-awarded-energy-star
The Kohl’s stores that earned the designation form the largest group of non-supermarket retail buildings to now bear the Energy Star
Retrofit Brings New Life to Old Industrial Park
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/08/01/retrofit-brings-new-life-old-industrial-park
By Leslie Guevarra
San Jose moves a step closer to its vision for a green community with the transformation of a tired former industrial property into an eco-friendly business park that was crafted according to LEED standards.
Pulpwatch.org
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/resources/resource/pulpwatchorg
Pulpwatch.org provides an interactive map of pulp and paper mills, rating them on their environmental and social performance.
The Dollars and Sense of Green Retrofits
http://www.greenbiz.com/resources/resource/the-dollars-and-sense-green-retrofits
This study looks at why some organizations green an old structure instead of building a new one.