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    Beautiful dream home with Gold LEED certification in Aspen to be auctioned

    Posted on January 3, 2011 by gavril

    Ever dreamed of a lovely home back there in Aspen, Colorado? Well, you better get your checkbook out then, and head out for the auction of the Vision House Aspen. The first Gold LEED certified home, this one will be … Continue reading3 →

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    LEED Cabins, a green home inside a recycled shipping container

    Posted on November 9, 2010 by gavril

    We’ve seen shipping containers being recycled and overhauled into some pretty practical and usable finished products before. Well, we came across a home packed into a shipping container this time, and it sure as hell took our breath away. For … Continue reading3 →

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    Holiday Inn, the first hotel in Chicago to boast LEED-certification

    Posted on June 23, 2010 by gavril

    Chicago now has an LEED-certified hotel to boast about and swell up in pride. The Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza in Chicago has received LEED Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, in an announcement last week. The building, … Continue reading3 →

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    Dubai gets its first LEED certified ‘Green’ Building

    Posted on December 23, 2009 by shvveta

    Now even Dubai can hold up its head high when it comes to caring for the environment. With the whole Copenhagen summit on, it was high time everyone took energy saving and environment consciousness seriously. The Dubai Chamber of Commerce … Continue reading3 →

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    New York Governor’s eco-friendly mansion gets a Gold LEED status

    Posted on April 27, 2009 by deepa

    For those of you who don’t know what LEED is, it stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and New York’s executive mansion was awarded the second highest level of LEED making it the first governor’s mansion to receive … Continue reading3 →

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