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Water Policies: Encouraging Conservation

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Sustainable Design Leaders Explore Their Profession
With BuildingGreen's help, a group of sustainable design directors met in Colorado Springs to discuss this growing profession.

What's Happening

Certified Wood Credit in LEED Gets Makeover
After more than two years of work, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has proposed a major change for certified wood in its LEED Rating System.

The Challenge of Creating Living Buildings
As the first buildings attempt to meet the Living Building Challenge, the difficulties of designing and building to such a rigorous standard are becoming apparent.

California Adopts Voluntary Green Building Standards
The first state to do so, California has adopted voluntary green building standards that will become mandatory in 2011.

Groups Set Mercury Limits for Flyash in Concrete
Fears about mercury content in coal flyash used as recycled content in concrete are leading to new rules in green building rating systems.

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