IN THIS ISSUE:

*U.S. & China to collaborate on sustainability

*Green Building Focus

..Online LEED product guide

..Report: Living Building Challenge

*Santa Monica's new sustainability Website

*Baltimore: LEED silver law

*Pittsburgh may require LEED silver for TIF's

*Syracuse, a sustainable building leader

*Green building goes global

*Green building thrives despite recession

*GBCI approves USGBC for continuing education

*Notable green building projects...

..Princeton's Green Honor Roll

..Interchange -- largest LEED industrial project

..LEED Platinum apartments in Silicon Valley

..PNC, with most LEED projects, plans largest living wall

..Hannaford supermarket earns LEED Platinum

..Medical Center of the Rockies -- largest LEED Gold

Please see full update for more information.