Green to Propel Event Participation

By Adam Busch

Despite recessive conditions, people and companies are attending and supporting events to exchange resources and ideas about the growing green economy, to learn about cost savings and to plant seeds with target audiences while promoting key non-profits and initiatives.

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Chicago Beachfront Stations Rely on Rainwater to Flush

Marcella McCarthy

The sustainable “comfort stations” designed by Muller + Muller, a local architecture firm, are in many respects bathrooms.

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More Eco than Meets the Eye
Renovating a Typical Office Space to be Ultra Efficient

By David Brooks, Vice President and Principal, McGuire Engineers

David Brooks, Vice President and Principal, McGuire Engineers explains how McGuire’s Chicago-based office space became on track to receive LEED Platinum certification.

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Investing in Education

By Lara Jackson and Adam Busch

Despite rising costs, education is still one of America’s greatest institutions (and exports). And many universities, colleges, schools and other educational bodies are investing in sustainability.

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Cleantech Companies Poised to Capitalize on Real Estate Opportunities and Tax Incentives for Expansion and Relocation Projects

Lou Vidaillet
Vice President, Howard Ecker + Company

Lou Vidaillet, Vice President, Howard Ecker + Company explains why and where cleantech companies are expanding and relocating.

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The Greening of North Chicago
Everyone wins with this green home

By Kathy Eber

Learn about how your tax dollars are being spent and about the government, non-profit organizations and companies who are working together in a suburb of Chicago to develop contemporary skills for youth and green buildings.

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Jones Lang LaSalle: Green Space Today’s January 2009 Firm of the Month

Adam Busch, Co-Publisher and Owner, Green Space Today

Dan Probst, Chairman, Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), informs our readers about how JLL has helped its global client base reduce carbon-based emissions and how JLL has internally adopted sustainable workplace strategies. Discover how some of these strategies (on a smaller scale) can be implemented in your workplace and even in your home office, promoting our environment and your bottom-line.

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Shawmut Design & Construction: Building Green Corporate Spaces

Adam Busch, Co-Publisher and Owner, Green Space Today

In 2008, Boston was selected to host the U.S. Green Building Council's GREENBUILD International Conference and Expo. In this Q & A, learn how one Boston-based company, Shawmut Design & Construction, is helping to make the Boston metropolitan area a more sustainable place for people to work.

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DIFFA/Chicago: Dining by Sustainable Design

By Adam Busch, Co-Publisher & Owner, Green Space Today

Notice how sustainability is becoming a part of our culture, even when philanthropic causes other than environmentalism are being promoted.

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