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		<title>What can we learn from D.C.’s green building law?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Danielle Rodabaugh: It’s no secret that decisions made in Washington, D.C., frequently lead the way for progressive industry regulation overhaul. This time, however, the overhaul only affects the district’s construction market rather than the national industry — at least for now. The district’s Green Building Act of 2006 was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a green building start-up idea? Here’s help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Kathleen O'Brien: For innovative, entrepreneurial types, green building is a perfect field. It's not business as usual, and although some folks are claiming that green building is now mainstream because many new (and more and more existing buildings) have LEED plaques on them, sustainable building is not the norm. Not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light recycler helps businesses dispose of fluorescent lights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by DJC staff: People and businesses in Washington are now required to recycle fluorescent light bulbs and tubes. The new law covers residences as well as government, commercial, industrial, office and retail facilities. Fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) save energy but each light contains a small amount of mercury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrap metal demolition is green, but not always easy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is from Elder Demolition: About 40 percent of the solid waste produced in the U.S. comes from construction and demolition debris. In 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported that the debris generated from construction and demolition projects totaled 136 million tons. Since then, this figure has increased by 25 percent. Building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New module from Marysville solar manufacturer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Silicon Energy: Silicon Energy, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules in Marysville, said it is releasing the Next Generation Cascade Series PV module. The first generation came out in 2007. The new module uses less embedded material, which improves performance and output. Silicon Energy's new photovoltaic panels. Here are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crunch the numbers and preservation wins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Kathleen O'Brien: New is not always better. I have to confess that I've been a little put off by local historic preservationists self-righteously declaring that "preservation" equals sustainability and leaving it at that. Yes, yes, I understand that recycling buildings intuitively makes sense, but since sustainability sometimes asks us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When greening your office space, don’t overlook the plugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by the New Buildings Institute: To help commercial building owners and occupants get control of the growing amount of energy used by office equipment and other electronic devices, New Buildings Institute released the Plug Load Best Practices Guide. It is based on research done by Ecova and NBI for the California Energy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.djc.com/blogs/BuildingGreen/?p=2786&#038;owa_from=feed&#038;owa_sid=-1741762271&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-greening-your-office-space-don%25e2%2580%2599t-overlook-the-plugs</link>
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		<title>You don’t need new windows to save energy and money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Brad Kahn: It’s a question many owners of older homes have asked: Should I replace my single-pane windows or refurbish them? With a torrent of direct mail selling new windows, many people are led to believe the best option to save money and energy is to replace the old windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MCA holds its first ‘innovation event’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by DJC staff: The Mechanical Contractors Association of Western Washington held its inaugural Mechanical Innovation conference in Seattle last week, with a speech by Denis Hayes of the Bullitt Foundation about his group’s net-zero headquarters under construction on Capitol Hill. Hayes spoke about the worldwide market for net-zero buildings using his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25 islanders pitch in to put solar on Bainbridge City Hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is by Kathleen O'Brien: In August, a 71.28 kW Community Solar Project installed on the roof of the Bainbridge Island City Hall went live. My husband and I are two of 25 Bainbridge Islanders participating in the project. In a recent communication from Joe Deets, project manager and principal of Community Solar [...]]]></description>
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