Green buildings need more incentives in U.S.
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CHICAGO/NEW YORK  - When it opens next year, the 54-story Bank of America Tower in New York will be the most environmentally friendly office building in the United States.
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The House voted Tuesday to award increases to programs aimed at making cars and buildings more energy efficient and boosting research and development of alternative energy sources.
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New York is better known for tall buildings and crowded streets than farms but a group of environmentalists say Gotham&#39;s rooftops could be used to grow enough vegetables to feed the entire city and reduce dependence on far-away farms.
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The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) is stressing incentives over regulations to improve the energy efficiency of datacenters.
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Call it Phase 3 of the greening of corporate America. Companies are looking at their supply chain as the next frontier for combating climate change.
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From the street, Alicia Campbell's house looks no different from the others in her suburban cul-de-sac. But it has a secret: It's green &#151; very green.
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Consumer interest in green construction has continued to grow, but few people can afford to build an environmentally friendly house from the ground up. They don't have to, says architect Kelly Lerner, co-author of "Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House." To find out more about this design...
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By Michael Andersen, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 1--The more builders and developers benefit from wider streets, the more they'd have to pay.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 18--Raleigh wants more from Cree   Two months after Raleigh installed energy-efficient light fixtures in a parking deck downtown, officials want to expand the program citywide.
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If the Big Apple's initiative helps reduce emissions, other cities and states may follow suit.
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By Tim Thornton tim.thornton@roanoke.com 381-1669  Biodiesel in buses. Grass on roofs. Organic food in cafeterias. Renewable electricity in the wall sockets.  America's colleges are turning greener faster than a chemically  fertilized lawn in spring.
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Free hybrid-car parking. Cash rebates for installing solar panels. Low-interest loans for energy-saving home renovations. Money to tear up desert lawns and replace them with drought-resistant landscaping.
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A push into the solar sector could benefit the company.
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China's Small Industries Struggle to be Green (3) Meanwhile, for small industries, even if the entrepreneurs want to make their plants energy friendly by upgrading the technologies, getting loans from the bank is not easy.
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Customers including Allstate Insurance are actively pursuing green strategies, but say they want standards to help them gauge data center energy efficiency.
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Corporations are adding a new title to the executive suite â chief sustainability officer â not just an environmental watchdog, but someone to oversee the effort to go green.
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Only around a third of U.S. companies are using commercial asset-disposal services, IDC says, but it's definitely worth looking into from both an ROI and green perspective.