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The green building and historic preservation movements have a lot to say to each other. Some might say they're two sides of the same coin: conserving the past and conserving the future.
On the USGBC Blog, we consider this in "If Betty White Were a Green Building..."
http://usgbcblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/if-betty-white-were-green-building.html Later this week at the AIA Convention, I'll be discussing this subject with Barbara Campagna, Dana Schneider (Jones Lang LaSalle) and Mike Buhler (San Francisco Architectural Trust). You can find us on Friday at 2pm in session FR210: "From House Museums to the Empire State Building: Greening What's Already Here with LEED EB:O&M".
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Christopher Davis
Green Building Certification Institute
US Green Building Council
Washington DC
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