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Green Community to Host Earth Day Event

Thursday is Earth Day, and who better to throw a celebration than the country’s first green community.
Earth Day in the Village is set for April 22 from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. in northwest Indiana’s The Village in Burns Harbor. The event will offer free demonstrations, children’s activities, food and green giveaways.
Not only can you tour [...]

Happy Earth Day! Check Out These Green Events Around Chicagoland

If you are looking to do something eco-exciting for Earth Day, here are some events occurring on April 22 that could benefit the planet and you as well.

*Tour an energy-efficient green home at 250 N. Myrtle Avenue in Elmhurst. Stations will be set up from 2 to 4 [...]

Green High Rise in the Loop Ready for Renters and Their Furry Friends

A new apartment building opened this month as one of the only rental residential high rises to be built in the Loop, and it’s green.
The 50-story building, located at 215 W. Washington and aptly named 215 West, is one of the first LEED-certified residential high rises in Chicago. Sustainable materials were used during construction, low-flow [...]

Third-party Certified Green Homes Outsell the Market

In a real estate market such as this, any edge helps. What if your home sold for 9.1% percent more than the competition? Why might a home do this you ask – because it is a third-party certified green home, such as a LEED home.
Real estate professionals have anecdotally reported for years that Green homes [...]

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 [...]