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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-10-01
This 50 page report offers the first ever look at green building market activity on a global scale.
Global Green Building Trends is a 50-page printed report (available as hard copy or PDF) that examines the results of research conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics regarding the global green building industry.
The first ever global scale green building study, this report details the market trends and activities driving green building growth worldwide. The new research presented in the report indicates that green building has become a global phenomenon, with 53% of respondents expecting to be dedicated to green on over 60% of their projects in the next five years. Green has become very visible in construction markets in every global region, with 32% of construction industry professionals estimating that green already makes up over 10% of domestic construction output. The report also identifies trends in renewable energy, green product use, sector growth and key motivators and obstacles impacting market activity in seven global regions.
For more information, go to Global Construction and the Market Opportunity for Green
Source: McGraw-Hill Construction |
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Last Updated on Monday, 07 September 2009 00:28 |
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Proposed spot parks are right on target |
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2008-09-22
K-State grad wins a Monsters of Design award
By: Steve Paul
When Kimberly Kolkovich searched for a project in her last months of architectural school, she stepped outside the Kansas City Design Center, looked around and wondered, what if …?
What if you could replace a single curbside parking spot with a micropark, a little bit of urban respite?
By the time she finished wondering, Kolkovich had designed three such prototype parks for specific locations downtown. She called them Spot Parks, and the speculative proposal earned the recent Kansas State University graduate a Monsters of Design award in the annual competition sponsored by the Young Architects Forum here.
Kolkovich, whose specialty is interiors, turned the idea of public space as an outdoor room into something quite tangible, both responsive to the city and environmentally conscious.
For more information, go to From parking spaces to micro parks
Source: The Kansas City Star, September 21, 2008 |
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Kansas City Ranks 20th Among 'Green' U.S. Cities |
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2008-09-23
K.C. Slips from 18 to 20
The 2008 SustainLane U.S. City Rankings have been released, with Portland, San Francisco and Seattle named as top three green cities and Mesa down at the bottom, CSRwire reports.
Based on 16 economic, environmental and green/clean tech categories, the rankings by sustainlane.com factor in each city's ability to maintain healthy air, drinking water, parks and public transit systems, as well as a robust, sustainable local economy with green building, farmers markets, renewable energy and alternative fuels.
Some of the trends occurring in cities are:
- 1. More bicycling – There are 12.3 percent more cyclists across the U.S.
- 2. Trains are making a comeback – Many cities including Phoenix, Charlotte, N.C., Seattle, Portland to name a few are investing in new light rail and other public transit infrastructure investments.
- 3. Alternative/ renewable energy becoming priorities – Production of wind and solar energy and energy conservation are priorities in Boston, San Francisco, Portland, Houston, Austin and Sacramento.
- 4. More LEED buildings – Cities like Boston, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, NYC and San Francisco are expanding to every type of built environment, some controversial: parking lots, airports, zoos, museums and others.
- 5. Forestation of Cities – Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles, NYC, Tulsa and Atlanta are all increasing urban canopies on streets or as part of green roofs.
For more information, go to Portland Tops U.S. ‘Green' City Rankings
Source: Environmental Leader, September 23, 2008 |
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John Deere to Build New LEED Gold Marketing/Sales Center in Olathe |
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 03:54 |
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2008-09-10
John Deere and the city of Olathe, Kansas announced today that John Deere will build a new marketing and sales center in northwest Olathe, in the Corporate Ridge Office Park, near K 10 and Ridgeview Road. This 126,150 square-foot facility will house more than 400 marketing professionals who provide support and service to John Deere sales branches and agricultural dealerships in the U.S. and Canada.
"This state-of-the-art facility will meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Certification, Gold Level," said John Lagemann, vice president of agricultural equipment, sales for U.S. and Canada. "It will provide an exceptional working environment for our employees who work in our industry-leading marketing organization. We're proud of our commitment to the greater Kansas City area - a geographic, cultural center for agriculture."
For more information, go to John Deere
Source: John Deere |
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