In This Issue:

*The new administration and green building practices

*GREEN BUILDING FOCUS:

..DOE Report: Achieve 50% energy savings for retail buildings

..Report: green supply chains in emerging markets

*USGBC lists 125 LEED projects in Northern California

*Gore urges 100 percent renewable energy in ten years

*Chain stores and fast-food focus on LEED prototypes

*Architecture 2030 Challenge and LEED Report Card

*NOTABLE GREEN BUILDING PROJECTS

..Harvard University offering LEED certified dorms

..Philadelphia opens LEED designed suburban condos

..Minnesota police station gets LEED Gold certification

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