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		<title>Mayor’s Task Force Report On Existing Commercial Buildings – Part 2</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/05/25/mayor%e2%80%99s-task-force-report-on-existing-commercial-buildings-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part One of our analysis of the report from the Mayor’s Task Force on Existing Commercial Buildings, we discussed the task force’s four themed approach to improving the energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings: 1) “maximize transparency,” 2) partner with the private sector, 3) attract game-changing capital, and 4) lead by example.  We now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review! Our Choice, By Al Gore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a core belief that one can not complain unless one provides a solution (that is certainly part of the reason for this blog). Perhaps a number of people went to Al Gore with the same complaint.  Inconvenient Truth was heavy on problems and light on solutions.  Well, Al Gore&#8217;s new book, Our Choice: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1134&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Tech Event &#8211; San Francisco March 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friends over at the Kellogg Alumni Club are at it again with another great clean tech event. On Wednesday, March 17 the group will host a panel discussion on two emerging clean industries: transportation and energy &#8211; including nuclear power. Can that, too, be clean? The event is open to the public, and it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=1076&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review! Hot, Flat, And Crowded By Tom Friedman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Publishing a blog is a far cry from writing a book, let alone a number of best-selling books, so my credentials for reviewing Tom Friedman&#8217;s book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, may be a little thin.  But, since I recently read the book, it&#8217;s a free country, and I do publish a blog, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=998&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small Wind &#8211; The Million Solar Roofs&#8217; Answer To Nighttime</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/10/15/small-wind-the-million-solar-roof-answer-to-nighttime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Big wind&#8221; is just that.  Big.  With big wind comes big power generation.  Thing is, big wind also needs LOTS of STRONG wind.     That level of wind doesn&#8217;t blow in most areas, especially residential areas.  Understandably, most people do not want to live in consistently strong wind&#8230;.including San Franciscans.   &#8220;Small wind&#8221; also follows its name.  &#8220;Small wind&#8221; or small wind generators [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=912&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Building Summit And Green Business Awards This Thursday</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/06/08/green-building-summit-and-green-business-awards-this-thursday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two great events in the Bay Area on Thursday, June 11!  Greentech Media and SRI International are hosting a very compelling Green Building Summit in Menlo Park, and the San Francisco Business Times announces their 2009 Bay Area Green Business Award Winners at a dinner/reception at the San Francisco Hilton. The Green Building [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=826&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego Energy . . . and SANDEE Awards!</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/01/15/san-diego-energy-and-sandee-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, I do random web searches to see what emerges.  That&#8217;s how I found the California Center for Sustainable Energy located in San Diego, California (www.sdenergy.org).  Talk about resources, geez!  This organization is all things energy for San Diego, but a lot of their information can be applied anywhere.   The center [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=383&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Green Jobs Really Assist in Boosting the Economy?</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2008/10/31/will-green-jobs-really-assist-in-boosting-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Grilli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economic downturn is now a reality and one solution above all others that politicians are focusing on is the creation of green jobs. But are green jobs a reality and will they pose a solution to the thousands of unemployed Americans? Is this not just idealism used by politicians to feed a solution seeking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&amp;blog=5187003&amp;post=140&amp;subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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