Robb Crocker

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  • Green building advocates, actor Ed Norton, and San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom offer suggestions for greening buildings and schools.

  • A roundup of green building news for the week of May 19-23, including “Extreme Makeover” goes green, the preliminary launch of LEED 2009, and America’s newest address, Energy Star, USA.

  • The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) opened the first public comment period on LEED 2009 this week, marking the third phase of the commercial green building rating system that was launched in 2000. According to the organization, LEED 2009 will address improving energy efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, and other environmental and human health concerns.

  • A roundup of green building news for the week of May 12-16, including coverage of the NAHB Green Building Conference and the $100,000 green home.

  • NAHB National Green Building Conference

    About six years ago, attorneys who were involved in home building and construction litigation were in a frenzy as “mold is gold” lawsuits were emerging around the country. At its peak, the “mold is gold” movement was about 10,000 lawsuits strong. But, according to David Jaffe, a vice president for the NAHB’s Construction Liability and Legal Research Department, the mold litigations just dropped off the charts, partially due to a loss of interest by the media and lack of scientific evidence.

Projects

130 William

Adjaye Associates, Hill West Architects

Condor Street Housing

Merge Architects

Double Stoop House

Model Practice

Falcon Ledge Residence

Alterstudio Architecture

Garden Laneway House

Williamson Williamson Inc.

West Lynn Residence

A Parallel Architecture

River Bend Residence

Lake|Flato Architects

The Rose Apartments

Brooks + Scarpa

Henry Island Guesthouse

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Forest Retreat

Scalar Architecture

Sunnydale Community Center

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

National Juneteenth Museum

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), KAI Enterprises

Wacheno Welcome Center

Opsis Architecture

The Ecology School

Kaplan Thompson Architects, Briburn, Simons Architects

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