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  • TOD Barriers Coming Down, But Parking Problems Remain

    It’s no secret that the push for more transit-oriented development (TOD) has been a priority of the Obama administration. The administration created the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities under Director Shelley J. Poticha to allow HUD and the U.S. Department of Transportation to focus on...

     
  • 25 Green Retrofit Ideas

    “Green” has become a major, inescapable buzzword over the past few years. But most discussions tend to revolve around greening new construction. Panelists at the MFE Conference in Las Vegas last week, however, focused strictly on sustainable retrofits.

     
  • Multifamily Enters New Era of Green Building

    Forget Washington, D.C., and California: The market that’s making multifamily history right now is New Haven, Conn., where Fairfield, Conn.-based green architecture and development firm Becker + Becker installed a $4 million fuel cell this month that will power 360 State Street, a 500-unit...

     
  • USGBC Says No Such Thing as "LEED Decertification"

    The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) refutes an article that ran in the San Francisco Business Journal last month stating that the USGBC has the power to “decertify” an existing LEED-certified development.

     
 
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