Comments on: Sustainable Industries’ Top 10 Green Building Products of 2009 http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705 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. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:06:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TrMarian R. Chertow http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705#comment-56693 TrMarian R. Chertow Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:34:41 +0000 http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705#comment-56693 What each conception of waste has in common is the notion of something cast off. Often these cast-offs wind up by the side of the road or in a landfill. Sometimes people find value in them--table scrapings that become a meal for man or beast; discarded bottles that are recycled into new ones; industrial waste that becomes a feedstock to an entirely different process. Most recently, U.S. castoffs are trending downward. Even in categories where more waste is actually generated, less is simply discarded in favor of some type of reclamation.(1) Not only did we avoid a "garbage crisis" in the 1980s, but also, in the late 1990s, there are significant reasons to believe that ever-increasing waste is not inevitable. For the forces of the 1980s have led to a contextual shift in how we view waste today. Seen from the new perspective offered by industrial ecology in the broader framework of sustainable development, far fewer materials need be considered waste. What each conception of waste has in common is the notion of something cast off. Often these cast-offs wind up by the side of the road or in a landfill. Sometimes people find value in them–table scrapings that become a meal for man or beast; discarded bottles that are recycled into new ones; industrial waste that becomes a feedstock to an entirely different process. Most recently, U.S. castoffs are trending downward. Even in categories where more waste is actually generated, less is simply discarded in favor of some type of reclamation.(1) Not only did we avoid a “garbage crisis” in the 1980s, but also, in the late 1990s, there are significant reasons to believe that ever-increasing waste is not inevitable. For the forces of the 1980s have led to a contextual shift in how we view waste today. Seen from the new perspective offered by industrial ecology in the broader framework of sustainable development, far fewer materials need be considered waste.

]]> By: bridgingloan http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705#comment-28229 bridgingloan Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:00:35 +0000 http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705#comment-28229 Goog reading - thx for article. Goog reading - thx for article.

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]]> By: Building Green http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705#comment-23845 Building Green Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:07:06 +0000 http://www.socalgreenrealestateblog.com/?p=705#comment-23845 BuildingGreen Announces 2009 Top-10 Green Building Products The 2009 Top-10 Green Building Products are listed below. Complete descriptions and contact information are provided on BuildingGreen.com: * Pozzotive Plus CMUs and Concrete Brick from Kingston Block * Thermafiber Mineral Wool Insulation Products * Invelope Integrated Wall Insulation and Rainscreen System * Baltix Recycled- and Biobased-Content Office Furniture * Project FROG Modular Green Classroom * Rheem HP-50 Heat-Pump Water Heater * Convia Energy-Management Infrastructure * Pentadyne GTX Flywheel Energy Storage * Silva Cell Subsurface Tree Protection and Stormwater System BuildingGreen Announces 2009 Top-10 Green Building Products

The 2009 Top-10 Green Building Products are listed below. Complete descriptions and contact information are provided on BuildingGreen.com:

* Pozzotive Plus CMUs and Concrete Brick from Kingston Block
* Thermafiber Mineral Wool Insulation Products
* Invelope Integrated Wall Insulation and Rainscreen System
* Baltix Recycled- and Biobased-Content Office Furniture
* Project FROG Modular Green Classroom
* Rheem HP-50 Heat-Pump Water Heater
* Convia Energy-Management Infrastructure
* Pentadyne GTX Flywheel Energy Storage
* Silva Cell Subsurface Tree Protection and Stormwater System

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