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Boulder, Colorado Green Building Code notes sustainability of historic resources
The City of Boulder, Colorado recently issued a revised Green building code that explicitly protects historic resources and materials and acknowledges preservation as integral to sustainability. The … more »
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Boulder, Colorado Green Building Code notes sustainability of historic resources
preservationnjorg wrote 15 hours ago: The City of Boulder, Colorado recently issued a revised Green building code that explicitly protects … more »
LEED as an excuse for cultural destruction?
preservationnjorg wrote 1 day ago: Reports from the recent Ontario, Canada conference Landmarks not Landfill: Heritage Preservation and … more »
National Forum for Preservation Commissions talks "green"
preservationnjorg wrote 1 week ago: Just came back from the bi-annual FORUM of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC), … more »
National Trust to Senate panel: Green & Historic are compatible
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preservationnjorg wrote 2 weeks ago: Jean Carroon, FAIA, Principal with Goody Clancy Architects and member of the National Trust’s … more »
PNJ President on open space, historic preservation links
preservationnjorg wrote 3 weeks ago: John D. S. Hatch, AIA; President of the Board of Preservation NJ, spoke at a Statehouse news confere … more »
US Green Building Council gets it ... NJ DEP doesn't!
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preservationnjorg wrote 1 month ago: The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has just released the draft version of LEED v3 2009, which is … more »
Presentations from "Greenest Building..." workshop @ NJ Preservation Conference
preservationnjorg wrote 1 month ago: Peter Levasseur, AIA, LEED AP, one of the terrific speakers at the Sustainable and Authentic: the G … more »
June 5 BIN charrette explores landmark's green potential
preservationnjorg wrote 1 month ago: Preservation practitioners and aficionados joined LEED-accredited professionals at the Musical Strin … more »
NJ Preservation Conference on Sustainability draws 300+
preservationnjorg wrote 1 month ago: The annual NJ Historic Preservation conference last week was by all measures a big success. More t … more »
Website visually summarizes "greening" of Colorado historic landmark
preservationnjorg wrote 1 month ago: The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado has established a central resource for building trade professi … more »
Regional Plan Assoc (RPA) comments on Charrette
preservationnjorg wrote 2 months ago: Carlos Rodrugues, RPA-NJ Director, PNJ Board member and Bell Labs Charrette participant, recently sh … more »
History of Innovation at Bell Labs - more
preservationnjorg wrote 3 months ago: Don Heirman, a Bell Labs “Pioneer” who participated in the April 11 - 13 charrette, has … more »
Regreen program - renovation standards for existing NJ homes to be developed
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preservationnjorg wrote 3 months ago: In March, using LEED as a framework, the United States Green Building Council and the American Socie … more »
Bell Labs Charrette Update & Images
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preservationnjorg wrote 3 months ago: Charrette organizers are compiling sketches, presentation boards, etc. from the charrette wrap up o … more »
Bell Labs Charrette Finds Opportunities for the Site
preservationnjorg wrote 3 months ago: Bell Labs charrette facilitator Clinton Andrews has summarized “what the charrette participan … more »
NJ Future: Fighting Climate Change Starts at Home
preservationnjorg wrote 3 months ago: New Jersey Future, in a recent Future Facts column, points out that: On a per capita basis, in 200 … more »
Historic Dam may be reused for hydroelectric
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preservationnjorg wrote 3 months ago: Hydroelectric proposal for historic Solitude Dam Thursday, February 14, 2008 High Bridge, NJ by Sue … more »
LEED to better acknowledge historic & existing buildings
preservationnjorg wrote 4 months ago: According to the National Trust’s Preservation Nation blog, the US Green Building Council ha … more »
UK stats say rehabbing existing houses greener than new
preservationnjorg wrote 4 months ago: A recent article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper reports that the Empty Homes Agency charity (U … more »
