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Vol. 13, No. 3) is seeking presentation proposals for its upcoming conference, Building Materials Reuse and Recycling: Decon ’05. The conference will be held November 7 and 8, 2005, in Atlanta, just before the U.S. Green Building Council’... Read more

The Marco Island City Council voted four to two in March 2005 to ban artificial turf, in response to a dispute between homeowner Ed Ehlen and his neighbors (see

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Vol. 14, No. 2). While Ehlen argued that his synthetic lawn’s water savings made it environmentally friendly, the city council countered that the lawn’s rubber... Read more

With the March 2005 approval of Resolution 6644, Scottsdale, Arizona, became the first city in the nation to require that all new city-owned buildings achieve a LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The resolution applies to buildings of any size, as long as the green features have an anticipated payback period... Read more

Having recently read your cover story “Recycled Content: What is it and What is it Worth?” [

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Vol. 14, No. 2], I would like to commend author Nadav Malin for a very comprehensive review of the subject matter.

I am also compelled to comment on the following quote, attributed to Wayne Trusty, president of the Athena™... Read more

Vol. 13, No. 10), I received a letter from Donald Aitken, a highly respected green-building and renewable-energy consultant and a longtime friend. Don wrote to fill a gap in green-building lore and was kind enough to allow us to share his story with our... Read more

The organization formerly known as the Used Building Materials Association (UBMA) has changed its name to the Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA). The educational organization, “dedicated to supporting the recovery and reuse of building materials throughout the U.S. and Canada,” is now based in State College, Pennsylvania, and is online... Read more

I just received the February issue of

EBN. Thanks for announcing USDA’s new biobased rule and the role BEES plays [“USDA Announces Biobased Rule,”

Vol. 14, No. 2]. I’d like to correct your statement:

“Each product must be reviewed by an independent entity using BEES … or using the ASTM D7075 standard for the environmental... Read more

Just one month after Arizona’s requirement that all new state-funded buildings use nonflushing urinals took effect on January 1, 2005, Governor Janet Napolitano signed an executive order in February requiring all new state buildings to derive at least 10% of their energy from renewable sources—defined as solar, wind, and biomass—and to meet a... Read more

phantom load effect of external power supplies (also called adapters, chargers, transformers, and wall warts) is well known. As long as they’re plugged into wall outlets, those little voltage- and current-converting boxes on the power cords of small appliances—ranging from computer printers and cordless tools to baby monitors and electric... Read more

magazine seeks entries for its first Green House Contest. The magazine will feature one new home and one renovation in the magazine. Each winner will also receive a $1,000 gift certificate from Designtex. The deadline for entries is March 31. More information and entry forms are online at www.organicstyle.com.

Green interiors expert Penny Bonda and BuildingGreen’s Nadav Malin have teamed up to offer the

Green Guru Tour of NeoCon. On this tour, a group of dedicated design professionals will join Bonda and Malin as they visit the showrooms of leading furniture and furnishing manufacturers. They will sit down for in-depth conversations with top... Read more

Pollution Prevention software from the U.S. EPA, www.pbtprofiler.netMany are unaware that only a small fraction of the roughly 85,000 industrial chemicals currently in use in the United States—everything from flame retardants to adhesives—has undergone toxicity testing. Only two categories of chemicals require specific testing prior to... Read more