IN THIS ISSUE:

*Green Building Focus

..Study: value of green commercial buildings

..Top 10 green building products of 2009

*House bill may create green building opportunities

*Software manages "energy drift" in buildings

*San Francisco's new trash ordinance and LEED

*West Sacramento drafts green building rules

*Brandywood -- a model for green schools

*2009 Greenbuild Conference & Expo

*Notable green building projects...

..Sears Tower aims for world's greenest retrofit

..Walgreens' first LEED drugstore in the U.S.

..LEED-EB Platinum EcoDorm

..Utah building earns LEED Platinum

..Optima's office building -- LEED PlatinumCoStar

..New World Home achieves LEED Platinum

..Oregon building earns 4 Green Globes

..PepsiCo opens green plant in China

..LEED Platinum for Indiana's Sweetwater Sound

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