

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center cuts the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art $30 million facility, the second of three designed according to green building standards for the center's engineering complex.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new bottling plant for Nestle Waters North America in Pennsylvania, the interior of Seventh Generation’s new headquarters facility in Vermont and a historic Atlanta office building receive LEED Gold green building certification, while new corporate offices for the Tower Companies snag a LEED platinum rating.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. -- Managing water use is becoming increasingly important to commercial property owners, contractors, architects and engineers, and more than half say that water efficiency is an extremely important aspect of green building, according to a recent survey by McGraw-Hill Construction.
The California Green Building Standards Code was approved unanimously by the state's Building Standards Commission on July 17, 2008. The standards take effect 180 days after the date of adoption and will be voluntary until 2010, when the provisions are expected to become mandatory, commission leaders said.
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