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April 19, 2010

Long Doors Receives Platinum Club Award From ProVia

Long Doors has met the criteria for ProVia’s prestigious 2010 Platinum Club Award!  John and Jill DePaola will be representing Long Doors at the event, which will be hosted in St. Augustine, Florida from April 20-23.

This is an excellent time to build relationships with our most valued partners.  We are especially looking forward to the opportunity this will give us to discuss the unique needs that we have in serving our current and future clients.

Stay tuned for  more updates!

April 16, 2010

DC Greens Its Buildings

The District of Columbia is climbing the charts when it comes to energy-efficient buildings, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s annual city rankings.

Climbing from fourth place in 2008 to second place last year, D.C. now boasts 204 Energy-Star rated buildings, adding up to about 55 million square feet of energy-efficient floor space. In addition to saving enough energy to power 36,100 homes, this achievement also saved a combined $62.3 million in just one year!

For a full listing of how the rest of the country stacks up, check out the complete rankings.

April 14, 2010

Energy Star Certification Process Comes Under Fire

By now, you’ve likely heard about the recent finding that Energy Star labels are not always applied to, well, energy-efficient products.

It seems that the program’s lax standards make it vulnerable to fraud and abuse, according to the findings from a nine-month investigation by the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan watchdog group that reports directly to Congress.

To test the certification process, the GAO applied for Energy Star approval on phony products such as a gas-powered alarm clock and an air cleaner that was actually a space heater with a feather duster and fly strips taped to it.

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April 12, 2010

Save Water And Save Energy!

In doing research on green building design, we recently came across this great blog on the topic by Jerry Yudelson, an Arizona-based sustainability consultant. His frequent posts offer the latest updates on green news as well as his insights into what we need to do to make our built environment more energy-efficient and sustainable.

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April 9, 2010

Nationals’ New Stadium Receives LEED Rating

The Washington Nationals’ new stadium is a home run—for the environment. Thanks to its environmentally friendly construction, the new stadium near the Anacostia River is the first Major League ballpark to receive a silver LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, LEED is an internationally recognized certification system that verifies a building was designed using strategies to reduce its overall impact on the environment.

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