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USGBC’s LEED Green Building Program Use Falls
The Allen Matkins/CTG/Green Building Insider Green Building Survey takes a poll of 1,600 design and building professionals from the U.S. every year for the last 4 years.
Not surprisingly, green construction represents the fastest growing sector of the building industry. And support for it as a practice continues to be high as 92% of those surveyed [...]
Going for a Bike Ride in Chicago? Google It!
Google Maps is now two-wheeler friendly.
Starting today, the Web-based mapping system will offer a bicycling feature that can be used to find bike trails, on-street bike lanes and bike-friendly roads.
Google partnered up with Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., to find information on paths in all 50 states and 150 cities.
The [...]
Learn How to Garden the Green Way – the Organic Gardening Workshop
How green does your garden grow? Learn how to grow it greener through the Chicago Park District’s Organic Gardening Workshop: Rain Barrels & Rain Gardening this Saturday.
Set to take place at Kilbourn Park & Organic Greenhouse, this class will demonstrate how to install a rain garden and harvest rainwater. Participants will receive a rebate from [...]
Tour at Museum Displays Green Living
Want to see Chicago’s greenest home? Visit Home: Green + Wired at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Situated on the museum’s east side, the exhibit is a real, functioning three-story home that features the latest in eco-friendly living and is being touted as the greenest home in Chicago.
In its third year, the 2500-square-foot demo [...]
Free Home Show Set for this Weekend
Are you living in your dream house? If the answer is no, then this weekend you’ll want to check out a free home show that will house hundreds of exhibitors with thousands of ideas to repair, improve or remodel your Chicago home.
The Home Improvement Showcase Expo’s largest show ever will be at Arlington Park Racecourse, [...]
