by Georges Dyer, Aedi Group
In case you missed it in the flurry of announcements and news timed for release around GreenBuild in November, a recent study from Booze Allen and the USGBC finds that green building will support nearly 8 million jobs and generate $554 billion dollars for the US economy over the next four [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2009
8 million US jobs in next 4 years
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Strategic Sustainability
by Georges Dyer, Aedi Group
Below is an excellent, concise video presentation on “strategic sustainability” from our colleagues at Strategic Sustainable Investments. The only thing I would add is to emphasize that the sustainability principles represent only the basic constraints for a sustainable future – not necessarily a desirable future – so that any compelling vision [...]
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Does LED Lighting Actually Save Energy?
By Mike Durkin, Aedi Construction
It is indisputable that LED lighting can create the same amount of light as a traditional incandescent bulb while using a fraction of the energy. Despite this, the question has been raised of whether the embodied energy of their production and distribution results in more energy consumption. In yesterday’s New York [...]
