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August 30, 2010
Your home's hidden environmental horrors
Many appliances and materials in your home drain resources in ways that are hidden in plain sight.

In a recent article by Jonathan Fahey of Forbes, he says about insulation choices: "Substituting extruded polystyrene with insulation made with polyisocyanurate reduces the greenhouse-gas payback from 65 ...

August 24, 2010
ASHRAE Prompts States To Meet Current Building Energy Codes

As the developer of the nation’s first standard for energy efficiency in buildings, ASHRAE applauds a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy regarding ...

August 24, 2010
FTC's Green Guides Could Nullify Environmental Seals of Approval

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on track to release an updated set of Green Guides that are used by the agency to enforce environmental marketing laws ...

August 23, 2010
New Web Site Catalogs Eco-Certifications
Ecolabel Monitor helps sort out green claims confusion.

A new online database aims to help companies and consumers navigate claims of environmental certifications and labels for a range of products. The searchable 2010 ...

August 19, 2010
Behind the EPA's New Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit

A few weeks ago, the EPA released its Sustainable Design and Green Building Toolkit for Local Governments. The toolkit is designed to assist local governments in ...

August 8, 2010
Commercial Real Estate Stimulus Pushed by Architecture 2030

A bigger tax deduction for energy-efficiency improvements would benefit the troubled commercial real estate (CRE) sector and help prevent climate change, according ...

August 7, 2010
Climate talks appear to slip backward

BONN, Germany--Global climate talks appeared to have slipped backward after five days of negotiations in Bonn, with rich and poor countries exchanging charges of ...

July 27, 2010
The G-List
Is the rift between design excellence and environmental performance getting wider?

For its August issue, Vanity Fair surveyed 90 leading architects, critics, and deans to identify the "greatest buildings of the last 30 years." Based on 52 ...

July 1, 2010
LEED Conundrum
Time is running out for enrollment in GBCI’s credential maintenance program, but many are still confused.

When the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) launched the Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) in fall 2009, it gave existing or “legacy” LEED APs a ...

June 15, 2010
Buildings Matter

We expect much from buildings and often take them for granted, particularly regarding the role that buildings play in our overall energy consumption. A ...

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Features
Did You See What President Obama Said About Insulation...We Agree.

President Obama recently called insulation "sexy." Recent studies further emphasize the importance of insulation. Polyiso is the product of choice for rigid board insulation, used in both roof and wall applications around the globe. To find out more about what the President had to say, click here.  For more about Atlas polyiso products, click here.

One Degree of Warming Having Major Impact, Study Finds.

Human-induced climate warming is already having a dramatic effect on Earth's plumbing, plants, and animals, according to an exhaustive analysis of data from around the world.

Thermal Minimums Raised
R-15 is now R-20

For the first time in over 19 years, ASHRAE has increased the minimum required prescriptive R-value (resistance to heat flow) for roof and wall insulation levels in Standard 90.1 – the national model energy code for commercial buildings.

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