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		<title>Bright ideas: UNCC professor enlightens Charlotte building design&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daylight is good. Builders, developers and architects don’t need a longhair professor with fancy gadgets and computer programs to tell them that the sun is handy for construction workers to see with, that it is a major reason why windows exist, that it warms and illuminates the insides of structures.]]></description>
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		<title>LEED certification challenges&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEED certification has risen in popularity across the U.S. and in Charlotte in particular: the city is home to 74 buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design designations. So why isn't CMS striving for LEED status on all of its four new schools?]]></description>
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		<title>Use of certified wood drops in 2011 LEED projects&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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A recent report issued by GreenBiz Group found FSC wood was used in only 26 percent of new LEED construction in 2011, down from 41 percent last year.]]></description>
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