Jetson Green

Greenbuilder Rankings, EV Economics, Adaptation Sector, + Greener Cement

• Green is good business.
• Time for plan B for greentech VC.
• KB Home tops green homebuilder rankings.
• Environmental benefits of greener cement.
• Efficient lighting may save U.S. $9 B annually.
• Adaptation is hot new sector in greentech.
• Global action will not stop climate change.
• Economics of EV ownership.

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Sensable Housing, Volume Certification, Clean Construction, C2C Guidance

• One green design fits all.
• In Arkansas, tiny houses make sense.
• Specifying green products with GreenSpecPharos.
• Green homes: expensive to build, affordable to live in.
• New book contains guidance on Cradle to Cradle criteria.
• Understanding the cost of NOT going green. 
• Green building thrives in shaky economy.
• The case for clean construction.

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Frugal Prosperity, Code Changer, Forgoing Certification, + Green Pockets

• Practically green.
• Forgoing LEED certification.  
• Green strategies for the poorest.
• Green building with green in your pocket.
• IGCC: a game changer in sustainable building.
• Frugal living is the road to new prosperity.
• Marketing tips for green homes.
• Big plans for small wind.

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Efficient Construction, Green Furniture, Bio-LED Lighting, + Shrinking the Dream

• Small sustainable living.
• Rethinking nature with bio-LEDs.
• The cost of energy-efficient construction.
• Understanding consumer interest in green furniture.
• Successfully selling green in a down economy.
• Green McMansions: good for the earth?
• Younger greens reject old ideas.
• Shrinking the American Dream.

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Greenbuild Products, LEED Revisions, Repair Manifesto, + Green Remodeling

• The self-repair manifesto.
• 14 products: a Greenbuild preview.
• Tips for successful green remodeling.
• Proposed LEED revisions open for comment.
• Will the future bring AC to DC conversion?
• Home buyers want energy efficiency.
• Building green with tiny houses.
• On soy foam insulation.

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Next Gen Builders, ESL Lighting, European Windows, + Free Range Kids

• Next gen builders.
• Good, bad, ugly of green building.
• Can European windows actually save carbon?
• In UK, landlords face fines for inefficient buildings.
• A new kind of energy-efficient light bulb.
• Free range city: attacking child obesity.
• Building green.

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Bipartisan Efficiency, Charity Cases, Floating Future, + Paying Improvements

• Rising sea, future floats.
• Eco-districts take center stage.
• Is energy efficiency blue, red, or both?
• Five green home improvements that pay.
• Hot trends in green roof and wall designs.
• Companies aren't charities.
• Prefab is dead.

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Prefab Answers, Sustainability Battles, Efficiency Boosts, + Loveless Wood

• Green building goes on a budget.
• Q&A: Michelle Kaufmann on prefab.  
• Tax credit pushes homeowners to boost efficiency.
• Law group releases model green building ordinance.
• Legal battles over sustainability just beginning.
• Massachusetts Passive House sets high bar.
• LEED is the worst: Part 1, Part 2.
• No love for green wood.

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LEED Legalities, Utopian Housing, Greater Business, + Urban Composting

• Business for greater good.
• Advice for an urban composter.
• Consumers sensitive to green product pricing.
• New prefabs employ green building practices.
• Gifford files $100 million lawsuit against USGBC.
• Some find value in small wind turbines.
• Small house Utopia.

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Wind Turbine Grove, Smallville Dream, Passive Aggressive, + Reuse Scraps

• Don't call it retrofitting.
• Homes built from reused scraps.
• Getting aggressive about Passive House.
• Vineyard installs a vertical wind turbine grove.
• FTC proposes tighter rules for green claims.
• Intel sees "green" in home energy market.
• Report: water trumps climate change.  
• Welcome to smallville.

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