IN THIS ISSUE:

*Cuts in 'green building' stimulus package

*Green Building Focus

..New LEED concrete calculator

..ANSI approves "Nat'l Green Building Standard"

..New IT energy efficiency metrics

..Paper: Economics of LEED-E B

*Loan program to boost green building

*Dark Days for Green Energy

*Green-washing in building industry

*Green building codes use LEED

*Are green jobs low pay?

*Seminars

..'Carbon Credits' Seminar

..Webinar: "Green Building Incentives 2009"

..Indiana Building Green Symposium

*Notable green building projects...

..REI Boulder awarded LEED Gold Rating

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