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		<title>California Passes Nation’s First Mandatory Green Building Codes</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/01/19/california-passes-nation%e2%80%99s-first-mandatory-green-building-codes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Grilli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note:  The CGBB is always pleased to have Sarah Grilli contribute, and here is her latest post:
On Tuesday January 12, 2010 California became the first state in the USA to pass a state-wide building code that requires comprehensive sustainable construction and energy reduction. Currently voluntary, the CalGreen Codes are mandatory starting January 2011.
The codes focus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=1030&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>eSolar Inks Deal For Solar Thermal Plants In China</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/01/11/esolar-inks-deal-for-solar-thermal-plants-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESolar, based out of Pasadena, CA, just announced a deal to help build a series of solar thermal power plants (AKA concentrating solar power or CSP) in China capable of generating 2 gigawatts (2,000 megawatts).  Under the arrangement, eSolar will provide Shandong Penglai Electric Power Equipment Manufacturing with the technology and information to build a $5 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=1013&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review! Hot, Flat, And Crowded By Tom Friedman</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2010/01/03/book-review-hot-flat-and-crowded-by-tom-friedman/</link>
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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, here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=998&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Neighborhood Pops Up In Sonoma</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/12/10/green-neighborhood-pops-up-in-sonoma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most interesting sessions I attended at Greenbuild discussed sustainable neighborhoods.   Greg Searle from One Planet Communities provided a great case study of Sonoma Mountain Village (SOMO), a new community being built in Sonoma California.
SOMO, a partnership between developer, Codding Enterprises, and consultant, BioRegional, is a fantastic example of green building.  Not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=980&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Transfer Reflections From Greenbuild</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/11/23/risk-transfer-reflections-from-greenbuild/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Build It Green / Green Point Rated]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were many compelling sessions at the USGBC Greenbuild conference, but I focused on sessions that discussed policy, local government, and risk transfer.  I would like to start with the session on risk transfer.  But rather than go into what the speakers presented (which only scratched the surface), I thought it would be a good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=970&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Al Gore Speaks At Greenbuild</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/11/17/al-gore-speaks-at-greenbuild/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from the USGBC Greenbuild conference in Phoenix, AZ, and it was great! Roughly 28,000 people attended the three day conference, and there were over 1,000 exhibitors.  I will spend the next few weeks posting about the sessions I attended, but first I want to relay a funny and poignant story.
Al Gore was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=955&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations AB 920!</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/10/20/congratulations-ab-920/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AB 920 was signed into law last week.  The law requires that utilities pay for energy they receive through net metering.  We have followed AB 920 (previously AB 1920) here at the CGBB since we posted our first articles nearly a year ago.  AB 920 is the common-sense approach to net metering.  
Net metering is an arrangement whereby utilities purchase [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=932&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=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 (SWGs) are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=912&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;West Coast Green&#8221; Conference 2009</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/09/15/west-coast-green-conference-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Coast Green is one of the largest green conferences in the United States with roughly 14,000 attendees last year. This year the conference is October 1 – 3 at Fort Mason in San Francisco.  The conference has a very large exposition area with well over a hundred participants in the manufacturing, energy, and building industries. There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=906&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inefficient, But Green&#8230;Is That Good?</title>
		<link>http://californiagreenbuildingblog.com/2009/08/28/inefficient-but-green-is-that-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sacks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some power generation facilities store energy during peak hours to later use during off peak hours (and vice versa).  The best example of this is battery storage of energy from wind and solar generators.  Wind and sun generate most of their power during the day, and in the case of solar, there is no energy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiagreenbuildingblog.com&blog=5187003&post=888&subd=californiagreenbuildingblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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