Be Wise! Be Healthy!
Be in the know about Sustainable Living and Green Building, Products & Experts
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May 2007
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Features |
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By Elaine Ireland
This Earth Day, April 22, felt different — WAS in fact different. Now most of us are no longer caring a little about doing our part — we're caring a lot. We see it everywhere. GreenSage customers are from every state in the country — making a conscious decision to prioritize buying green products, and wanting to find green services. According to a report by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, 81% of those surveyed agreed that it is their responsibility to help reduce the impacts of global warming. 81%! That's exhilirating! (read on) |
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| To support green building and sustainable business practices addressing global climate change, Bank of America has taken a lead with a ten-year initiative to encourage development of environmentally sustainable business practices through lending, investing, philanthropy and the creation of new products and services. (read on) |
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BofA's New York LEED Candidate highrise, currently under construction
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By Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times
In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, the Supreme Court ruled on April 2nd, that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions. The court further ruled that the agency could not sidestep its authority to regulate the greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change unless it could provide a scientific basis for its refusal. (read on) |
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By Jon Dougal
All Milliken Floor Covering modular products, including those developed specifically for residential and hospitality, are certified to the new pre-eminent green carpet standard, Sustainable Carpet Assessment Draft Standard NSF 140. (read on) |
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By Healthy Building Network
The USGBC released its long-awaited assessment of the health and environmental impacts of polyvinyl chloride plastic (PVC) building materials, which makes clear that PVC is not a healthy building material. The report authors found that, “When we add end of life with accidental landfill fires and backyard burning, the additional risk of dioxin emissions puts PVC consistently among the worst materials for human health impacts…” (read on) |
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| Old Country Roofing, the largest roofing company in Northern California, recently announced the formation of OCR Solar Solutions, a new division that will focus on providing comprehensive turn-key solar roofing solutions to homebuilders and homeowners that includes design, installation, warranty and integrated customer service for solar roofs. (read on) |
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“You can't buy green building. It is the result of a process that goes on in your head, a confluence of ideas and materials juxtaposed to form the desired result"
Mark Palmer, Sustainability Director,
City of San Francisco
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| The Cold Climate Housing Research Center, dedicated to the development, testing and use of energy-efficient, durable, healthy and cost-effective building technologies tailored to the special challenges of building in cold climates, was designed for the testing and development of cold-climate materials, and itself a test with 400 sensors measuring the performance of the building's components. (read on) |
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IEQ Interests (read more about Indoor Environmental Quality in our Sage Learning Center) |
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| Six lighting principles that can help specifiers, builders, facility managers, and homeowners light interior spaces to optimize for our visual and circadian systems. (read on) |
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| Searching for a floorcovering that earns LEED credits? Last fall the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) approved hard surface flooring products certified by the FloorScore program as an alternative compliance path to achieve credit in the LEED Rating System for New Construction. (read on) |
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Green Products |
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| Long the most visible of roadside waste, disposable diapers were once a large portion of the waste stream. But things have changed. . . . Disposable diapers have a new player that adds a valuable component to the waste scene with non-toxic manufacturing and bio-degradability. (read on) |
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| Scholastic Inc., publisher of this seventh and final book, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,’ is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books. Using a total of 22 million pounds of paper, this is the largest purchase of FSC-certified paper in a single book printing to date. (read on) |
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Calendar of events |
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Green Expert Profile |
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Green Supplier Profile |
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Green Planet Paints |
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