http://www.builditgreen.org Build It Green Release RSS feed. Build It Green. Copyright 2005, Build It Green Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@builditgreen.org Thu, 23 May 2013 06:50:04 GMT Release http://www.builditgreen.org/en/rel/110/ by Meri Soll Program Manager Stopwaste.org By now, building industry professionals have gotten the message that energy efficiency and renewable energy are the tickets to decreasing a building's carbon footprint. But while energy often seems to take center stage, many experts believe that construction and demolition (C&D) recycling deserves a bigger share of the spotlight. In recent years, StopWaste.Org, a waste-reduction agency that serves the county and 14 cities of Alameda County and two sanitary districts, has been looking closely at the connections between greenhouse gas emissions and building construction. As part of that effort, StopWaste.Org and Build It Green jointly developed the GreenPoint Rated Climate Calculator. The calculator serves as an adjunct to the GreenPoint Rated program, Build It Green's point-based rating system for green homes. When a house undergoes the GreenPoint Rating process, the third-party rater uses the... http://www.builditgreen.org/en/rel/110/ noemail@builditgreen.org Sat, 29 May 2010 03:00:00 GMT