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In response to commercial real estate's green building movement evolving from the benefits to the environment and building owner’s bottom line, Fireman’s Fund Insurance has announced Certified Green Building Replacement and Green Upgrade coverages. Read More

The Home Depot is helping California residents save an estimated $4.8 million in energy costs with an unprecedented energy-efficient light bulb giveaway. Read More

Walgreens has announced that its customers can bring empty black or color cartridges to any of nearly 1,500 Walgreens photofinishing counters in the U.S. and have them refilled in just a few minutes for half the cost of buying a new one. Read More

Greenhouse gas emissions trading is gradually becoming a bona fide market, with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) and the European Climate Exchange (ECX) establishing themselves as benchmarks in their respective areas. This article looks back on the career of Richard Sandor—the man who built them both. Read More

Carpet company Interface, Inc. has launched InterfaceRAISE, a corporate consulting resource that will amplify Interface's efforts to educate others seeking to implement the necessary steps for becoming sustainable. Read More

In the future, it might be perfectly normal to wear suits and dresses made of chicken feathers or rice straw. But don't worry: These clothes won't resemble fluffy plumage or hairy door mats. Read More

Twenty years after international scientists determined that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were impacting the ozone layer, three DuPont scientists are being recognized for their invention of non-ozone-depleting alternatives. Read More

A University of Maryland-led study of Amazon deforestation in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso shows that direct conversion of forest to cropland in the state totaled over 2000 sq. miles (540,000 hectares) during 2001-2004, peaking in 2003 at 23 percent of all deforestation for that year. Read More

Global design firm HOK has entered into a strategic alliance with Advanced Environmental, a specialist environmental division of Australia-based Lincolne Scott consulting engineers, to advance sustainable design expertise and innovation in commercial building projects throughout the U.S. Read More

Even with today's construction techniques, most buildings undergo natural wear and eventually need renovation. However, another hazard exists that can cause a building to lose value even before construction is complete. Read More