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Green Buildings Don't Have to Be New / Retrofitting Older Buildings Present Opportunity to Reduce Energy Consumption and Carbon


Green Lifestyle  (tags: green building, green retrofitting, Chicago, San Francisco, LEED )

Larry
- 670 days ago - nytimes.com
LEED for Existing Buildings, or LEED-EB, the three-year-old program provides a laundry list of steps that building owners and managers can take to operate and manage their properties more efficiently.
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Larry Sheehy (278)
Monday January 28, 2008, 2:34 pm
article pic from the San Francisco Idea House.
 

Daniel Barker (35)
Tuesday January 29, 2008, 1:41 pm
Question - how long does it take to pay for itself? Solar heat pays back in five years, and solar electricity in ten to twelve.
 
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