Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois Year 1 Final Report Fall 2009 A collaboration between With the generous support of Acknowledgements Several organizations and individuals contributed to the success of this project. Please accept our gratitude for helping to make this project possible: Project Supporter Grand Victoria Foundation Project Partners U.S. Green Building Council‐Chicago Chapter
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Green Technology November 2012 Green Technology In today’s world we keep looking for ways to save the planet and try and keep the air we breathe as clean as possible. As time evolve the technology gets better in methods and materials to generating energy to non-toxic items. Going green is in many different areas of life’s needs from cleaning supplies‚ energy sources‚ and fuel alternative. When I ride down the streets and see cars polluting the air with the smoke or even seeing plastic
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An Executive Development Program on ’Green Banking Initiative: Opportunities for Bangladesh’ was organized by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) on September 28‚2010 at the Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower in the city. Presided over by Mohammad Abdul Mannan‚ Managing Director of the Bank‚ Prof Dr Bandana Saha‚ Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was present in the program as Chief Guest. The key discussion was presented by Dr Shah Md Ahsan Habib‚ Associate
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Green Buildings Index 1) Introduction 1 2) Green Building Concepts 4 2.1) Materials 6 2.2) Lighting 8 2.3) Water Resources Management 12 2.4) Ventilation and Cooling 14 3)Elements of green building 16 4) Basic‚ no cost‚ green building strategies 21 5) Green Buildings Summarized 21 6) Conclusion 22 7) Case study 23 8) References 25 1) Introduction:
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters‚ Inc 1. This company uses a multi channel distribution network. 2. It has followed the legal and ethical aspects of supply chain. Because of this‚ it was also ranked as number one on Business Ethics Magazine’s list of the “100 best Corporate Citizens.” 3. The society of Human Resources Management has recognized Green Mountain for its socially responsible business practices. 4. It is one of the “100 fastest growing companies in America” according to Fortune’s
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We interviewed Andra Zommers from Greenpeace. The questions we asked were as follows: 1) What is Greenpeace? 2) How is Greenpeace run/structured? 3) Why did you get involved in the environment? (Your motivation) 4) Why Greenpeace? 5) In your opinion‚ where is the greatest concern? 6) Is there any Spiritual emphasis Greenpeace has or that you personally have? 7) What is Greenpeace’s vision for the future? 8) What gives you hope? Taken from www.greenpeace.ca: "Greenpeace is an independently funded
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Green Revolution From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Green Revolution (disambiguation). [pic] [pic] Increased use of various technologies such as pesticides‚ herbicides‚ and fertilizers as well as new breeds of high yield crops were employed in the decades after the Second World War to greatly increase global food production. |[pic] | |Agriculture
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difficult to come to a new country and start a new life from the beginning. In the essay “The Back of the Bus” written by Mary Mebane talks about a bus ride from North Carolina to South Carolina when the segregation laws were still in place. Mebane wrote this piece because she “wanted to show what it was like to live under legal segregation before the civil rights act of 1964” (Mebane‚ 167). On the other hand‚ the essay “Like Mexicans” written by Gary Soto‚ the author expresses how is to growing up
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of survival. The topic of Green Technology helps this cause. Because the amount of carbon-di-oxide we are spreading each and every day‚ it will make that thing precise and create a fresh environment where everything will be genuinely natural. The topic of Green Technology is being illustrated below: In modern construction‚ a thoughtful integration of Green Building technology can make a tremendous difference in an overall appeal of a newly constructed building. Green Building helps preserve the
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Assignment #1 (Draft #1) – Essay‚ Analyzing a Text‚ “Idiot Nation” by Michael Moore Brett Fisher‚ Humanities 202P‚ Dr. Ted Otteson‚ March 12‚ 2013 “Idiot Nation!” Could Michael Moore begin an article with a less positive mental projection…I think not! In this article Moore bemoans the state of education at all levels in the United States. He drones on and on about problems in our schools without ever proffering solutions to any of them. Yes‚ in this diatribe he does identify several unacceptable
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