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- A New Kind of Roofing Adhesive
- September Tour of Green Buildings to Showcase Region’s National Leadership in Sustainable, Energy-Efficient LEED Buildings
- Four West Michigan Facilities Receive DNRE Neighborhood Environmental Partners Program Award
- Board of Directors Call For Nominations
- Green Building Council Pressured to Include Certified Forestry Products
- Innovation Michigan finalists named for 2010
- SCORE! GRCC Construction Trades Students Hit Gold; Second LEED Building Award in One Week; Third for Year
- UN Global Compact, Accenture Release Findings of Largest CEO Research Study on Corporate Sustainability
- Greenbuild 2010 Program is Live
- U.S. Conference of Mayors Embrace a Green Building Policy Agenda
- Stryker Facilities Earn LEED(R) Certifications
- USGBC's Green Buildings of West Michigan book and tour in development
- Mel Trotter Ministries among Recyclers Recognized for Contributions
- Recyclers Recognized for Contributions
- Synthetic Grass and The LEED Point Program
- Nichols Achieves the EPA’s Energy Star Certification For Superior Energy Performance
- Michigan State University awarded for recycling, surplus reuse efforts
- Legislation could make state a leader in green
- Grand Rapids mayor: ‘Becoming the most sustainable region’
- New green standard addresses social impact of construction projects
- Heron Manor a first in multifamily LEED
- Thought Leader in Energy Steve Hamstra: Building for the future
- Thought Leader in Energy Steve Hamstra: Building for the future By Olivia Pulsinelli | Business Review West...
- LEED for Neighborhood Development Launches First national benchmark for green neighborhood planning and design.
- Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Unveils New Online LEED Calculator
- Report: No New Laws Needed to Make U.S. Buildings Green
- Grand Rapids named most sustainable city in nation
- Haworth is First to Achieve LEED-NC Gold with Carbon Credits
- Arkansas Congressmen Press USGBC Over Wood Certification Rules Senator, two Representatives press to recognize SFI, ATFS standards
- Grand Valley chosen as 'Green College' by Princeton Review
- LEEDing the Way: DeVos Place, Stewards of the City
- LEED for Neighborhood Development is Launched
- Buildings - Green and Sustainable in Michigan
- Honigman and Horizon Environmental to Host Climate Change Executive Roundtable
- Wood Groups Dislike USGBC's Third Try To Write Rules on LEED Points
- GBCI pulls LEED certifications back in-house
- ICC, ASHRAE, USGBC and IES Announce Nation’s First Set of Model Codes and Standards for Green Building in the U.S.
- George W. Bush Presidential Library's Blueprints Filled with Green, Following Trend of Other Big Public Buildings
- The USGBC Awards Image Design, LLC and Frontier Construction LEED Gold Certification for their Green Home
- The U.S. Green Building Council Awards Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribe
- Do green buildings make dollars and sense?
- Norton Shores Meijer receives environmental award
- Proposed Incentives for LEED Buildings
- The U.S. Green Building Council clears the air: LEED 2009 does not include a new provision allowing LEED-certified projects to be "decertified" as suggested by recent headlines.
- Is Green Lending Your New Mortgage Niche?
- LEEDing the show
- Greener Hand Sanitizers Standard Enters the Market
- The U.S. Green Building Council Awards Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribe LEED Gold Certification for Green Homebuilding
- Green Design on Display at the Olympics
- Ford turnaround pays dividends for dealers
- USGBC Knowledge Center
- Greening the Heartland 2010
- Home Energy Efficiency to Get Its Day in the Sun by 2014
- Burton Elementary and Middle School earns LEED certification
- Understanding the USGBC’s Green Campus Campaign
- Federal Government told to cut own greenhouse gases 28 percent
- Rooftop gardens protect Grand River
- Eden Environments Recognized by CORP! Magazine as Green Industry Innovator
- LEEDing the show
- Zeeland Lumber Obtains FSC Certification
- Green building: Healthy, global and growing
- GVSU moves toward carbon neutrality
- Grand Valley State University's Campus Dining has Implemented Composting Project
- Kent County, Mich., Habitat for Humanity Gives Foreclosed Homes a LEED-Silver Overhaul
- Metro Health Hospital and LEED
- Haworth Achieves 0% Landfill Status
- Washington, D.C., Requires Building Energy Use Metrics
- Experience the U.S. Green Building Council West Michigan Chapter!
- Habitat for Humanity home dedicated with Aquinas College students
- City of St. Paul adopts green building policy
- GBCI, VA Help Veterans and Families Pay For LEED Professional Exams
- DOE Adds Comprehensive Energy Web Site, Building Energy Use Lab
- DELEG Announces Green Venues Certification for Grand Valley State University's L.V. Eberhard Center Facility Earns Steward Certification
- Goodwill opens new, LEED-certified Standale store to attract GVSU shoppers
- Frederik Meijer Gardens wins LEED certification for expansion
- Staying in the LEED
- Van Andel Institute looks to boost West Michigan economy with high-paying jobs, research grants
- Report: Michigan could create up to 13,000 jobs through comprehensive recycling effort
- WMU getting $1 million for Green Manufacturing
- COP 15 - UN Climate Change Conference December 7 - 18
- DELEG Announces Green Lodging Certification for Days Hotel Downtown Grand Rapids Moving Up From Current Level, Facility Achieves Leader Status
- MSU study finds added benefit of green roofs
- Mel Trotter Ministries goes green with food service, recycling and composting to reduce waste
- Government Issues Report to Remove Barriers to Home Retrofits
- Council on Foreign Relation's HQ Awarded LEED Gold
- New Implementation Advisory Committee
- Building a Greener Industry
- Public Comment Period on LEED & Certified Wood Products
- Champions of the Low Carbon Economy
- Aquinas Steps Up As First College In West Michigan To Sponsor Entire Habitat Home
- MiBiz Article - Boundless EB potential
- GVSU Michigan's Top Green University
- MSU Chemistry Building addition is first LEED-certified project on campus
- West Side flour mill renovation launches brownfield cleanup, targets LEED Platinum
- New LEED reporting requirements benefit building owners, contractors and managers say
- GVSU building awarded LEED certification
- Commercial buildings need to go green
- Empire State Building Goes Green For $120 Million, Other Famous Buildings Following Suit
- Iconic buildings get green overhauls
- USGBCWM at Rothbury Festival
- Vermont Enacts a Law that Establishes Feed-in Tariffs for Renewable Energy
- University of Michigan's Solar House
- Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services Building
- Experimental Advanced Renewable Program (EARP) has been announced by Consumers Energy and will begin on August 27
- Energy Optimization Collaborative to maximize Michigan’s energy efficiency effort
- Floating Wind Turban Installed
- Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest hosted its Statewide Business Plan Competition Award Ceremony with partner organizations Automation Alley and NextEnerg
- Michigan Green Communities Challenge
- Michigan International Speedway new suite and media center will make the racetrack one of the largest producers of green energy in American sports
- General Electric will hire 1,100 workers
- State Energy Plan News
- Michigan will receive approximately $1 billion in ARRA funds
- Green Building Retrofits Represent a Potential $400B Market
- New Office Open House a Success!
- Greening Existing School Buildings
- USGBC seeks Help to close performance gap in buildings
- Going green will help you create a better healthier workplace and save money
- Rick Fedrizzi and USGBC Recognized as Visionaries in Sustainability by the National Building Museum
- USGBCWM at Rothbury Festival
- LEED System gets an Upgrade
- WWJ Panel: Green Buildings Mean More Black Ink
- Kent County, Granger open renewable energy plant at South Kent Landfill, carbon credits ready soon
- "Thirty-Eight" rises at Commerce and Weston,
- Recovery.org Tracks 10,000th American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Project
- House Approved Legislation to Modernize and Green America's Schools
- Old Can Be the New Green-Commercial Buildings Can, and Should, Become Sustainable
- LEED for Retail: The New Gold Standard
- Top 10 Ways to Use Recovery Funds for Green Building
- Grand Valley State University Capstone Project supports WM Chapter
- Citi Becomes the First Company in the World with More Than 100 LEED® Certified Branches
- Green Buildings Create Challenges for Appraisers
- LEED Points that Don't Break the Budget
- Ready for a 'Green' Future
- New Bill Could Help Turn Michigan’s Neighborhoods Green
- Supporters of Grand Rapids’ $40M Silver Line BRT get nonprofits on board for May 5 millage vote
- LEED goes to Italy
- Architecture 2030 Special Bullentin
- Rapid Growth - The Eco Metrics System
- Building Green on Conservative Values
- Hometown GreenTown
- Local LEED Project Showcase is Growing!
- Call to Action!
- Simply LEED
- Metro Health Receives LEED Certification
- USGBC to Obama-Yes We Will
- Check the Box for Housing in Michigan
- Michigan Green Jobs Conference
- USGBC West Michigan Chapter names two Residential Green Building Advocates (RGBA)
- VAI Expansion on Track
- Benefits for Michigan of Building Green
- LEED AP Exam Prep Workshop
- First of Its Kind, LEED-ND Green Rating System Closes First Public Comment Period
- National Studies Show Green Building as Key Part of America
- GRCC's $750K Double-Decker Green Roof is Teaching Tool
- New Green Building for Plante and Moran Replaces Surface Lot, Preserves River Access
- Michigan's First Zero Carbon Footprint Building Could Be Coming to Eastown
- Grand Rapids Architecture Firm Key Player in Developing New LEED Pilot Program
- Green Tied to Bailout
- College of Construction
- Finishing Cathedral Square
- Crossing the Sustainable Divide
- Greening Grand Rapids
- What to do if a Fluorescent Light Bulb Breaks
- Hastings Public Library Earns Title of The State's First LEED® Gold Public Library
- Call for Volunteers
- Thank you to Brad Newman and Newsletter Coordinators
- Welcome New Members
- Ann Arbor City Council to consider single-stream recycling system
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