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	<description>Buy, sell + exchange green real estate while you get enlightened to green building methods and ordinances that are revolutionizing real estate development and construction in Southern California.</description>
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		<title>SMART ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR YOUR BUSINESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Jodi Summers
 
You have LEED, ICC, USGBC and SMART. As we haven’t covered the last acronym before, allow us to elaborate SMART stand for Specific, Measurable, Accountable, Realistic, and Time-bound, and has been used in mission and goal-setting exercises for years. According to a recent report on best practices in business energy efficiency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=936</link>
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		<title>THE KEYS TO BEING A HIGHLY ENERGY EFFICIENT BUSINESS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Jodi Summers 
 
This just in! This just in! The guide to the Nonresidential CALGreen Code - First Edition, August 2010 http://tinyurl.com/socalre-calgreen.
The guide to the Nonresidential CALGreen Code is another tool that makes it easier to go green. Driven by rising energy prices and growing concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and social pressures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=934</link>
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		<title>EASY WAYS TO GREEN YOUR PROPERTY</title>
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Edited by Jodi Summers
 
Thanks to the Green Building Update for these easy tips for greening your property and saving money on your utility bills. 

1. Use light paint colors for the property’s exterior. Lighter colors reflect heat better than darker colors.
2. Insulate the attic, basement and crawl spaces of your property. Around 20% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=983</link>
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		<title>BIG NEWS IN SOLAR EVOLUTION -&gt; THANK YOU PETE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jodi Summers
 
PETE is the “big man on campus.” An acronym for &#8220;photon enhanced thermionic emission,&#8221; PETE offers a new solar conversion process that boasts efficiency upwards of 60% &#8212; and potentially cheap enough to compete with oil.

 
PETE was discovered by a Stanford University research group headed by materials science and engineering Prof. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=1031</link>
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		<title>SEE…DOE…HUD…DOT…EPA…NGA… IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING? SOCIALIZING URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jodi Summers
 
Loyal readers of this blog are well aware that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) are working together in hopes of helping American families gain better access to affordable housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation costs by creating affordable, sustainable communities.
 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=941</link>
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		<title>NEIGHBORHOOD + SCHOOL DISTRICT SEARCHES MAKE HOME BUYING GREENER</title>
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By Jodi Summers
 
So easy + so green to search for a new residential property in the new millennium National real estate search sites have become so sophisticated, they are giving residential buyers the opportunity to search for properties in specific zip codes, neighborhoods and school districts. You can do all the work online, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=945</link>
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		<title>REAL ESTATE RETROFITTING STATISTICS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Jodi Summers
 * Residential and commercial buildings consume 40 percent of the energy and represent 40 percent of the carbon emissions in the United States. Building efficiency represents one of the easiest, most immediate and most cost effective ways to reduce carbon emissions and save money on energy bills while creating new jobs.
 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=967</link>
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		<title>INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY TERMINOLOGY</title>
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Edited by Jodi Summers
 
Industrial Ecology is one of the finest concepts to come out of the green revolution. It also has some terminology that is uniquely its own…so we looked all the relevant terms up on Wikipedia (thank you http://en.wikipedia.org/) and would now like to share them with you&#8230;

Industrial Ecology - Industrial Ecology has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=912</link>
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		<title>THIN FILM SOLAR COMPANIES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT</title>
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THIN FILM SOLAR COMPANIES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
 
by Jodi Summers
 
The economy has slowed new development in the green sector. Capital has dried up, as has demand. In the solar panel market this combination of circumstances has lead to excess stock and a subsequent drop in price. With the help of the Green [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=893</link>
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		<title>LIGHTING – AN EASY STEP TO GREEN YOUR BUILDINGS</title>
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By Jodi Summers
 
Today’s favorite factoid: in the typical commercial building, lighting costs about $1 per square foot. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting consumes as much as 30 percent of all electric expenses in commercial buildings nationwide, costing businesses some $37 billion.
 
Experts note that with recent advancements in lighting technology, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=922</link>
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