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Green Building Matters: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Greening the Heartland comes to Minneapolis in 2010. Greening the Heartland is coming in Minneapolis in 2010! Greening the Heartland 2009 just wrapped up in Detroit (presentations are available online here. And now the Mississippi Headwaters Chapter. The planning committee is open to suggestions - visit their blog. Here or leave a comment on this post if you have any ideas to help this be a great event! Labels: Greening the Heartland. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). From the Ground Up.
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Green Building Matters: May 2009
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Friday, May 22, 2009. Passing the new LEED AP Test - Update. Taking the LEED AP test can be very grueling. It requires hours of studying, memorization, and total concentration on test day. And now, things have changed a little bit with the new exam. Besides looking at the LEED v3 Standard. And what has changed from earlier versions of the standard. Here are a few things about taking the test to keep in mind:. 8226; Credit responsibility. 8226; Credit relationships. Know these inside and out! These are gr...
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Green Building Matters: February 2010
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Friday, February 26, 2010. It's the moment we've all been waiting for. help buying those energy-efficient appliances! Starting this Monday, March 1st, at 8:00am, the Minnesota’s Office of Energy Security has $5 million available for Minnesotans buying energy-efficient appliances (clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and freezers). All you have to do is reserve a rebate. Not until March 1st). The program is likely to catch on quickly, so sign up before the funds are gone. Tuesday, February 16, 2010.
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Green Building Matters: August 2009
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Friday, August 21, 2009. Greening your existing home in Minnesota. The summer is almost over, and now is a great time to be making those energy improvements to your home! One great resource in Minnesota is the Neighborhood Energy Consortium. They can help you test your home's energy efficiency and also find energy loans. Rebates and tax incentives. To pay for improvements. They also offer a great online tool. Thursday, August 6, 2009. SFI vs. FSC vs. all the others. SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) ...
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Green Building Matters: March 2009
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Renewable heating in Strömstad, Sweden. This map demonstrates renewable energy in Strömstad - over 50% of homes use some sort of heat pump. The EkoPark in Strömstad demonstrates how heat pumps work. An air-to-air exchanger (top left) in a Swedish home. Friday, March 27, 2009. Education is a key to successful eco-communities in Sweden. At EkoPark, we learned that transporting by train is much more energy efficient (almost 1000 times more! Than by car, bus, or truck. How far does yo...
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Green Building Matters: Minnesota Appliance Rebate
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Friday, February 26, 2010. It's the moment we've all been waiting for. help buying those energy-efficient appliances! Starting this Monday, March 1st, at 8:00am, the Minnesota’s Office of Energy Security has $5 million available for Minnesotans buying energy-efficient appliances (clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and freezers). All you have to do is reserve a rebate. Not until March 1st). The program is likely to catch on quickly, so sign up before the funds are gone. Become a GreenStep City.
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Green Building Matters: March 2010
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Friday, March 12, 2010. Free Neighborhood Sustainability Conference. It's not often that a sustainability conference this good is offered for free. It's this weekend - take advantage of it! 2010 Twin Cities Neighborhood Sustainability Conference. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Green Building Experience. This blog documents the experience of building a green structure, developing eco-communities, becoming a greener business, and addressing challenges and opportunities with building green.
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Green Building Matters: April 2010
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Thursday, April 1, 2010. Help to finance renewable energy projects arrives! Although many of us would love to incorporate renewable energy into our homes and make those energy efficiency improvements that will lower our utility bills, the upfront financing needed can be the roadblock that makes it seem impossible. Today marked a huge win for homeowners as the PACE legislation was signed into law, providing an opportunity for Minnesota homeowners to make those green dreams come true. The concept is not a ...
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Green Building Matters: July 2009
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Learn about LEED Regional Priority Credits. One of the changes in the new LEEDv3. System is the addition of Regional Priority Credits. RPCs) RPCs are already-existing LEED credits that are selected as most environmentally important to a specific zip code. One additional point can be earned for meeting a RPC (in addition to its regular points), for up to four points out of the six possible per location. Search the Minnesota Regional Priority Credits by zip code here. And offer lo...
