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Greening a home with an energy audit
- With home energy costs jumping almost 31 percent over the past year in the Washington-Baltimore area, homeowners are trying to figure out how to reduce energy usage. One company launched in Sterling this week, Ardently Green, is not only providing answers, but helping put them into action.
Fairfax planners to weigh green building measures
- Fairfax County planning commissioners will weigh a broad set of recommendations this week that would help the county harness environmentally friendly construction as a tool to cut air pollution.
Businesses have variety of options to make their buildings eco-friendly
- From simple air-friendly paints to big-ticket roof gardens, there are more options than ever for businesses looking to go green with a new building, or with renovations to their existing workspace.
- From simple air-friendly paints to big-ticket roof gardens, there are more options than ever for businesses looking to go green with a new building, or with renovations to their existing workspace.
Green construction benefits grow
- Merritt Properties LLC wanted to be ahead of the green-building curve. The Baltimore-based real estate developer designs and constructs office buildings according to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, a nationally accepted benchmark for environmental health, sustainable site development and energy conservation.
- Merritt Properties LLC wanted to be ahead of the green-building curve. The Baltimore-based real estate developer designs and constructs office buildings according to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, a nationally accepted benchmark for environmental health, sustainable site development and energy conservation.
Fairfax County planners mull how to foster green buildings
- Fairfax County planners are exploring how to persuade developers to adopt green building practices.
D.C. offers to make some homes green for free
- The D.C. Department of the Environment is offering to green the yards of eight D.C. homes at no charge — except the condition that the owners open up their environmentally friendly landscapes to tourists.
Council delays criteria for creating green neighborhoods
- As measures encouraging green building in commercial buildings moved forward, a similar push for residential neighborhoods has been set aside for more work.
