Green Home

Steven Service, a building consultant for Building Wisdom and member of Florida Green Building Coalition talks with Brooke Lawrence as the Tallahassee Builders Association held a Green Building Expo on Saturday. Vendors displayed products and information.  

FORT WORTH, Texas----SourceCorp announces the extension of the Energy Efficient "Green" Building Tax Deduction and the two-year extension of the R&D; Tax Credit. Today, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout and sent it to President Bush who quickly signed it.  

Joanne Rogers said the Thursday opening of the Fred M. Rogers Center at St. Vincent College means her late husband will continue to be everybody's neighbor for years to come.  

New York is promoting green building and backing it with money. As Action News reporter Gabe Osterhout tells, the goal is transform the way we construct and renovate.  

The Green Building Market Report 2008 is a watershed study on the adoption and ramifications of green building in Australia and the Asian region. It is the follow-on report of the inaugural Green Building Market Report published by BCI Australia and the Green Building Council of Australia in 2006...  

The Builders Association of Northern Nevada will introduce the Sierra Green Guidelines, a voluntary green building program for Northern Nevada, during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at 5484 Reno Corporate Drive.  

James Murray, The economic downturn could inadvertently spark a major programme of green building improvements across the commercial property sector, according to one of the UK's leading investment advisory firms....  

Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., a diversified commercial law firm with more than 125 attorneys in 13 offices throughout Florida, in New York City, and affiliated offices in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, today announced that attorney and shareholder Alan Krinzman has received LEED Professional...  

ALBANY – Governor Paterson signed legislation to encourage the construction of new homes and the renovation of existing homes to meet “green building” standards. The measure was sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin Cahill of Kingston, chairman of the Assembly Energy Committee.  

Green building is a big part of Murphy Co.’s business. Mark Bengard, senior vice president for design build, said about one in three projects the St. Louis-based mechanical construction and engineering firm is working on are seeking LEED certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.  

Novus International Inc., an animal nutrition research and feed production company, has invested $20 million in a new global headquarters and is seeking to join a handful of local buildings that have received LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).  

ACCOUNTING Craig Ascari is a partner at Witt Mares. ARCHITECTS Nathaniel B. Johnson III has earned his Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. He is with Clark Nexsen. CONSULTING Trevor Gooding has earned his Registered Communications...  

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) nearly doubled its revenue from 2005 to 2006, but its LEED program was not profitable, according to an article posted last week by the business publication Finance and Commerce, which looked at federal tax statements...  

ALBANY – Governor Paterson has signed legislation to encourage the construction of new homes and the renovation of existing homes to meet “green building” standards. The measure was sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin Cahill of Kingston, chairman of the Assembly Energy Committee.  

From the outside, the home blends with others in the new Bettendorf neighborhood: a two-story, vinyl-sided house with an eye-catching slope to the roofline above the front door.