Residential "Green" News

Broaden Ownership Of Productive Capital White House Petition
Enact policies and programs that empower working class, middle class and the poor to acquire private, individual ownership in new productive capital (the non-human factor of production embodied in technological advances in machinery, superautomated factories, computerized operations, etc.) simultaneously with the growth of the economy using insured capital credit financing mechanisms with payback facilitated from the earnings of the capital investments...

U.S. Green Building Council Applauds Newly Released International Green Construction Code
The 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC), released today, will increase the energy-efficiency of structures, while providing governments direction and oversight of green design and construction, according to the International Code Council (ICC) the code's author and one of several U.S...

A CES Discussion With Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM) (Wind & Power Engineering)

SolarWorld: U.S. Trade Ruling Will Help Restore Fair Competition In Solar Trade
SolarWorld, the largest U.S...



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- Mixon—A New Kind Of Urbanism

- Paving The Way To A Greener Future

- Half An Acre Of Passionate Green

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