IN THIS ISSUE:

*Green Building market expected to double by 2012

*Green Building Focus

..State of Green Business 2008

*U.S. Green Building Council opens LEED 2009 for public comment

*San Diego community named "Mixed Use Development of the Year" for green features

*Sierra Club California opposes "weak" green building rules

*eBay announces largest solar project in San Jose

*Australian government announces $90 million Green Building Fund

*Middle East developers increasingly focus on sustainability

*Florida developer Ryan Cos. increases LEED Building effort with new program

*Notable green building projects...

..SoFlo industrial project awarded LEED silver in San Antonio

..Gulf Trace school in Pasco County becomes Florida's first LEED certified school

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