Various news pieces that caught our attention on green home building and construction:

The Challenges of Building a New Green Home vs. Upgrading an Old Home – Green Building Elements

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The Challenges of Building a New Green Home vs. Upgrading an Old HomeGreen Building ElementsThis is where building new has a lot of appeal. If your goal is to build an innovative green structure, going new allows you to be the planner – with or witho …

Green Insurance for Green Buildings – Living Green Magazine

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Green Insurance for Green BuildingsLiving Green MagazineFor the average home or business owner who has a traditional home or building, there are also green insurance add-ons that cover the cost of upgrading to green systems, so even if you aren’t rea …

A new kind of building intelligence – Business Mirror

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Business MirrorA new kind of building intelligenceBusiness Mirror“We have enough products that cater to every homeowner or building owner’s needs, particularly those who are inclined to erect ‘green’ buildings, homes or neighborhoods that comply with …

Green living: eco-renovating a period property – Telegraph.co.uk

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Telegraph.co.ukGreen living: eco-renovating a period propertyTelegraph.co.ukTheir bold project could well be a blueprint for homes of the future when, as economics professor and EU adviser Jeremy Rifkin predicted in May, “every home, every building, …