City of Dallas Adopts Green Building Program

October 13, 2009

Local municipalities are seeing the long-term value of building greener cities.

On April 9, 2009, the City of Dallas adopted a resolution for the implementation of the citywide green building program and an ordinance establishing the green building program.

October 1, 2009 is the effective date when the mandatory measures for all new construction, both residential and commercial, take place.

Builders can meet the requirements by using the following standards for compliance:

• ENERGY STAR
• Green Built Texas
• LEED-H (Residential)
• LEED NC, CS (Commercial)
• Energy modeling (commercial)

Now more than ever, builders need to find a way to adopt a green building program for their green building business.  This presents a great opportunity to position your company as a leader in the marketplace.

Localization of a Green Economy

October 1, 2009

Although we have increasingly become ”globalized” through the aid of the internet and outsourcing opportunities overseas, you may be aware that “localization” is at the heart of a greener lifestyle.

By supporting local green businesses that sell eco-freindly products and services not only helps boost our local green economy, but it is part of the essence of the message of being green, to help reduce our impact on the environment by spending less time on the roads (just one example of the many benefits of supporting a local green economy).

This is the message www.GenGreenLife.com an online resource filled with a plethora of tips and information for consumers, offering support for you and I to enjoy a greener lifestyle.  Its huge database of local green businesses nationwide connects you with these vendors by just a few mouse clicks!  Did you know that the green business search on the National Geographic website is powered by GenGreen?

GenGreen has a new easy-to-use iPhone application “GenGreen Tips” that sends you daily tips for green living right to your iPhone!  This brilliant idea has gotten high ratings in customer reviews.  The tips provided are convenient, practical and simple to apply.  This makes it easy for you and I to make a positive change in our planet, save money and conserve resources.  Check it out at www.GenGreenLife.com.

I am excited about the recent merger with www.3rdWhale.com because it means that we will benefit from the latest and greatest technology to assist us in our efforts of green every day living.  Read more at:  http://gengreenlife.com/article.php?id=672

Hats off to GenGreen Team for helping in the localization of green living, and for effectively using the latest technology to help us save our beautiful planet!

Attention my green builder friends! GenGreen’s website is a great complement so that owners of green-built homes can live full-circle an eco-friendly lifestyle in many ways!

Don’t forget that you heard about it at www.LivingGreenInstitute.com!

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