Business and our environment in the news
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Businesses can seek certification for eco-friendly offices
- Council's standards validate how eco-friendly buildings actually are.For a
building to be LEED certified, it must meet certain criteria set by the
Green Building Council for things such as water efficiency, energy
consumption and building location, said Tracie Hall, executive director of
the Green Building Council Upstate New York Chapter. If a business goes
beyond the basic criteria, by adding green innovations, the building may
receive a silver, gold or platinum LEED certification. Buildings can be
refurbished to meet LEED requirements. They do not need to be built from
scratch, Hall said. (Dec 23, 07)
Democrat & Chronicle
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Environmental Excellence Award winners
- Albany -- An aggressive school “go green” program that features the
creative use of earthworms, an energy innovation that boosted a North
Country yogurt plant and some old-fashioned elbow grease applied to
invasive plants in the Adirondacks were just some of the projects cited
in the 2007 Environmental Excellence Awards announced Friday by New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis.
(Dec 08, 07)
New York State News on the Net!
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Awards Honor Green Business Do
you know a business that has been a friend to the environment? The
Rochester Business Journal and Bank of America are sponsoring the local
environmental leadership awards. (Dec 4, 07)
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