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• Survey Suggests Green Office Space is Valuable

  April 11, 2011
  By Emily Catacchio
  This article originally appeared on BuildingGreen.com
  Fifty percent of corporate real estate executives were willing to pay higher rent for green office space in 2010—up 13 percent from 2009—according to the fourth annual international Sustainability Survey conducted by CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle.
  That number jumps to 73 percent when you add [...]

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• Urban farming 2.0: No soil, no sun

  (CNNMoney.com) — Forget the conventional wisdom that says veggies must be grown on vast farms in the Midwest. What if commercial-scale crops took root inside cavernous city warehouses, without sunlight or soil?
  Call it urban farming 2.0. Over the past decade, city agriculture has largely been the province of non-profit organizations, school groups, renegade gardeners and [...]

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• The Best Electric and Hybrid Rental Cars

  Electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt are now available as rental cars, as are a host of hybrids. By Nick Chambers, The Daily Green March 1, 2011
  Renting Hybrid and Electric Cars
  Thinking of buying an electric car, but don’t know if it will fit your lifestyle? Want to try out some new [...]

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• CBF – Ask The Expert: Greening your business by Go On Green’s Chris Stanley

  Q My fitness franchise consumes a lot of resources in a given day (lighting, water, energy, etc.) How can I use these resources more efficiently?
  Chris says:
  ‘Going green’ should not cost your company large amounts of money. There are many low-cost changes you can make to help save money and conserve resources. First, sit down with [...]

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• Top 10 green building priorities

  By Alex Wilson
  Over the next 10 weeks, I’m going to lay out my top 10 priorities for green building — starting, in Lettermanesque fashion, with No. 10 and working up to No. 1. While directed primarily toward the design and construction profession, homeowners need to be part of this discussion as they work with [...]

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