Green certification is awarded by a number of programs, including LEED for Homes, Energy Star and NAHB Green.
So the city will not be able to purchase Apple desktops and laptops unless Apple gets the green certification again.
The first bit damaging of news was about Apple's decision to dump an international green certification system that is used by the U.S. government to determine whether its agencies can or cannot purchase a product.
Apple would not say why it had left the green certification system, but it was widely speculated that its new line of MacBook Pro laptops, which had not been reviewed by EPEAT, might be too difficult to recycle to earn the certification.
Last month Apple made an interesting green business decision when it backed out of the EPEAT green electronics certification program.
Over the past several years, EPEAT has spread to countries around the world and is arguably the most recognized green technology certification on the market.
The resort was recently awarded Green Globe certification, not because it set out to get it, but because the recognition was a by-product of doing things right.
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Critically, there is a need now to finalise the first version of the Green Development Land Management Certification Reference Guide.
Most of his clients requesting high-end green homes have not sought certification.
The roundtable also highlighted new tools and approaches such as the guidance on corporate ecosystem valuation from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD), the biodiversity-responsible land management certification from the Green Development Initiative ( GDI), and the new guidance on ecosystems assessment from the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation association ( IPIECA).
The designers expect their creation to be the first airline terminal in the country to get an official green stamp of approval, in the form of a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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The green property indexes are based on the analysis of over 14, 300 LEED and 18, 400 Energy Star projects that have received third-party certification based on their green achievements and performance.
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Even without the building and its impending Platinum certification, Phipps has impressive green cred.
The potentially high cost of enforcing a sufficiently watertight system of certification is probably too high for green timber to break out of a niche market.
Every new building completed since 2006 has earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The requirement is three years if going through the labor certification process and then being sponsored for a green card.
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To get a LEED certification, for instance, homes collect points for green features, such as energy-efficient light bulbs and water-saving toilets.
On the green front, all steel-framed Connect:Homes are designed to attain LEED Silver certification out the door, with Gold and Platinum certification and net-zero energy status a possibility depending on additional bells and whistles added at the installation site.
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With around 5 billion square feet under roof, the projects and the representative owners include many of the largest green portfolios, measured as the estimated share of total portfolio value that has either LEED or EnergyStar certification.
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