The Green Building Top 5 - April 8, 2015

Dave Clemen
Consultant
April 8, 2015

Green Marketing

Here are the Top 5 highlights and links to the past week's most compelling articles on green building and LEED.

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Obama Announces Plan to Train 75,000 Solar Workers

As part of President Obama’s plans to combat climate change, the White House announced a program on Friday for the U.S. Department of Energy to train 75,000 people to work in the solar power industry by 2020... Read Full Article

House of the Future Is Here Today, Generates Twice the Energy It Uses

Buildings can suck up a lot of energy. Etimates say that the nation’s 114 million households and 4.7 million commercial buildings account for nearly 40 percent of total U.S. energy use... Read Full Article

Facebook's new LEED Certified Office is One Huge Room

Facebook's presence in Menlo Park expanded Monday when employees began moving into the social network's new Frank Gehry-designed West Campus... Read Full Article

LEED to Recognize Living Building Challenge Energy and Water Requirements

The U.S. Green Building Council announced today that it will now recognize energy and water requirements from the Living Building Challenge (the Challenge) ... Read Full Article

Green Schoolyards are a Win for Kids

Imagine if every neighborhood in every city in America had a safe, vibrant and accessible outdoor place that served as a neighborhood hub. A place where kids could play and participate in sports; where neighbors could get together... Read Full Article