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ARTICLES

	BuildingGreen Announces 2009 Top-10 Green Products BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - November 2009 2009		ASHRAE Requires Mechanical Ventilation in Naturally Ventilated Commercial Buildings EBN: What's Happening - November 2009
	Building a Better Building Block—Pozzotive Plus EBN: Product Review - November 2009		Drinking the Heat Pump Kool-Aid EBN: Letters - November 2009
	EPA Seeks Stronger Regulation of Chemicals EBN: What's Happening - November 2009		Programmable Thermostats EBN: BackPage Primer - November 2009
	States Adopt BIM for Energy, Cost Savings EBN: What's Happening - November 2009		Wind Turbine Certification Forthcoming EBN: What's Happening - November 2009
	Changing Practices EBN: Letters - October 2009		HBCD Isn’t the Only Problem EBN: Letters - October 2009
	Mineral Wool Residential and Commercial Insulation EBN: Product Review - October 2009		Polystyrene Chemicals Widespread EBN: Letters - October 2009
	Polystyrene's Track Record EBN: Letters - October 2009		Upgrade to LEED 2009? EBN: BackPage Primer - October 2009
	USGBC Revising Forest Certification Benchmark for LEED EBN: What's Happening - October 2009		Watch for Other Toxics EBN: Letters - October 2009
	Older Buildings May Harbor PCBs, EPA Warns BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - October 2009 2009		President Orders Federal Agencies to Save Energy BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - October 2009 2009
	AstroTurf Ordered to Curtail Lead Use BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - September 2009		Design for Adaptation: Living in a Climate-Changing World EBN: Feature - September 2009
	Invelope: A Breakthrough in Exterior Commercial Wall Assemblies? EBN: Product Review - September 2009		LEED AP Credential Maintenance Program Launched EBN: What's Happening - September 2009
	LEED Certification Now with Guarantee BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - September 2009		Michelle Moore Joins the Obama Administration EBN: Newsbrief - September 2009
	Tankless Water Heaters EBN: BackPage Primer - September 2009		AIG Insuring for Green Building Risks BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - August 2009 2009
	Austin Requires Energy Audits and Labels EBN: What's Happening - August 2009		Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater EBN: BackPage Primer - August 2009
	EPA’s Portfolio Manager Slated for Improvements BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - August 2009 2009		Rethinking Polystyrene Insulation EBN: From the Editors - August 2009
	The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - August 2009 2009		All LEED Projects to Provide Actual Performance Data BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - July 2009 2009
	BuildingGreen Launches LEEDuser EBN: From the Editors - July 2009		Restrictions on Widely Used Chemicals Sought EBN: What's Happening - July 2009
	Standard 189 Close to Complete EBN: What's Happening - July 2009		Thermal Bridging EBN: BackPage Primer - July 2009
	Brominated Flame Retardants EBN: BackPage Primer - June 2009		Defining the Goal EBN: From the Editors - June 2009
	Dirty-Dozen List of POPs Expanded EBN: What's Happening - June 2009		Retrofitting Exterior Foam on Existing Walls EBN: Product Review - June 2009
	NAIOP Study Shows that Saving Energy Takes Know-How EBN: What's Happening - April 2009		Graywater Collection and Use EBN: BackPage Primer - March 2009
	LEED Projects Doubled in 2008 EBN: What's Happening - March 2009		Growing Food Locally: Integrating Agriculture Into the Built Environment EBN: Feature - February 2009
	Integrate Food Production and Green Building BuildingGreen.com: From the Editors - January 2009 2009		GreenBuildingAdvisor.com to Launch EBN: From the Editors - January 2009
	Weighting Environmental Impact Categories EBN: BackPage Primer - January 2009		BuildingGreen Announces 2008 Top-10 Green Products EBN: Product Review - December 2008
	Defining Recycled Content EBN: BackPage Primer - December 2008		Regulations Demanding Actual Data Are Leapfrogging LEED EBN: From the Editors - October 2008
	Bamboo Flooring BuildingGreen.com: Product News - September 2008 2008		Water Policies: Encouraging Conservation EBN: Feature - September 2008
	Alternative Water Sources: Supply-Side Solutions for Green Buildings EBN: Feature - May 2008		Incorporate Passive Survivability into Building Codes EBN: From the Editors - April 2008
	A Low-Emissivity Coating That Really Works EBN: Product Review - March 2008		Bringing Water Back into the Discussion EBN: From the Editors - February 2008
	Water: Doing More With Less EBN: Feature - February 2008		When It's Greener To Build EBN: From the Editors - October 2007
	An Environmental Service Corps for America EBN: From the Editors - July 2007		Nuclear Power Is Not the Solution to Global Warming EBN: From the Editors - June 2007
	Building Information Modeling and Green Design EBN: Feature - May 2007		Special BuildingGreen Suite Rate for Interior Designers EBN: From the Editors - April 2007
	In the Pipeline: District Energy and Green Building EBN: Feature - March 2007		Passive Survivability: A New Design Criterion for Buildings EBN: Feature - May 2006
	Why It's Imperative That We Raise Energy Taxes EBN: From the Editors - March 2006		Polished Concrete Outshines Other Flooring Options EBN: Feature - February 2006
	Passive Survivability EBN: From the Editors - December 2005		A Bold Plan for New Orleans EBN: From the Editors - October 2005
	Green Globes Emerges to Challenge LEED EBN: What's Happening - March 2005		BGI Publishes 5th Edition of GreenSpec EBN: From the Editors - February 2005
	Insulation: Thermal Performance is Just the Beginning EBN: Feature - January 2005		Thoughts on the Oil Bubble EBN: From the Editors - September 2004
	Beyond a Ban of PBDEs EBN: From the Editors - June 2004		Flame Retardants Under Fire EBN: Feature - June 2004
	Perspective: A “Freedom Tax” on Gasoline EBN: From the Editors - April 2003		BGI’s Top-Ten Green Products EBN: Awards & Competitions - December 2002
	Wishing for a “Can-Do” Attitude EBN: From the Editors - October 2002		Life-Cycle Assessment for Buildings: Seeking the Holy Grail EBN: Feature - March 2002
	Radiant-Floor Heating: When It Does—and Doesn’t—Make Sense EBN: Feature - January 2002		Perspective: Hospice Ecology EBN: From the Editors - February 2001
	Building Materials: What Makes a Product Green? EBN: Feature - January 2000		Building Green on a Budget EBN: Feature - May 1999
	Thermal Mass and R-value: Making Sense of a Confusing Issue EBN: Feature - April 1998		New Hampshire House Pushes the Energy Performance Envelope EBN: Feature - February 1998
	A Call for CCA Phase-out EBN: From the Editors - March 1997		Getting New Products into Buildings: An interview with architect and manufacturer EBN: Feature - July/August 1996
	Easter Island: Learning from the Past EBN: Perspective - September/October 1995		Establishing Priorities with Green Building EBN: Feature - September/October 1995
	Straw: The Next Great Building Material? EBN: Feature - May/June 1995		Carpeting, Indoor Air Quality, and the Environment EBN: Feature - November/December 1994
	Should We Phase Out PVC? EBN: Feature - January/February 1994		Cement and Concrete: Environmental Considerations EBN: Feature - March/April 1993

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CASE STUDIES

	20 River Terrace – The Solaire (360,000 sq. feet) (33,000 sq. meters) Multi-unit residential
	Boston Children's Museum Renovation (170,000 sq. feet) (16,000 sq. meters) Interpretive Center
	Charles Hostler Student Center (100,000 sq. feet) (9,700 sq. meters) Campus, Recreation, Assembly, Other, Restaurant, Higher education
	Chartwell (21,000 sq. feet) (2,000 sq. meters) K-12 education
	Gish Family Apartments (75,000 sq. feet) (7,000 sq. meters) Special needs housing, Multi-unit residential, Retail

20 River Terrace – The Solaire

The Solaire at 20 River Terrace is a 27-story, 293-unit, glass-and-brick residential tower in Battery Park City, a planned residential and commercial neighborhood built on landfill bordering the west side of New York City's financial district and directly adjacent to the site of the former World Trade Center. It is the first building designed in accordance with new environmental guidelines instituted in 2000 by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), the government entity that has overseen the development of Battery Park City since 1969.

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PRODUCTS

	St. Astier Natural Hydraulic Lime TransMineral USA, Inc.
	Pozzotive Plus CMU and Plus Brick Kingston Block & Masonry Supply, LLC
	Pentadyne Flywheel Energy Storage Pentadyne Power Corporation
	Mobile Solar Power Generator Mobile Solar Power
	Project FROG Modular Classroom Project FROG, Inc.