• Green tech industry will create local jobs.
• Prince Charles attacks architects for green "gestures."
• If you build it green, they will come.
• Rethinking home design for sustainability.
• Contractors rush to become LEED experts.
• Sustainability moves beyond buzz toward smart business.
• Are today’s green buildings green enough?
• Federal judge halts Albuquerque’s green building code.

Blogs worth reading: Green by Design and 360 Winnett Ave.

• Buildings inspired by nature. 
• Bailout additions support solar, wind, and plug-in hybrids.
• William McDonough: the King of Green Architecture.
• Energy efficiency and emissions of UK buildings exposed.
• Google issues Clean Energy 2030 proposal.
• Consumers given various incentives to go green. 
• Green retrofits more than pay for themselves. 
• Minimizing legal risks for green building.

Blogs worth reading: WebEcoist and EcoRenovator.

• A green credit crunch?
• Freakonomics asks: will prefab ever catch on?
• The challenges facing green jobs growth. 
• Eco town dwellers may be monitored for green habits.
• California ad firm to green up old post office building.
• Eco-certified hotel a natural for San Francisco.
• The five principles of sustainable branding. 

• We recycle cans and bottles, why not buildings?
• Skeptics turn up heat on LEED "green" ratings.
• Consumer Reports: Energy Star standards are lax.
• AIA calls for extension of green commercial buildings incentives.
• Is it possible to be green in a downturn.
• College students work to certify city building.
• Q&A on green buildings with Rick Fedrizzi.

Blogs worth readings: Slow Home & Green Wombat.

• NRDC Report: Green investment now = 2 million jobs.
• Demand is growing for low-impact "green" homes.
• Building integrated solar cells could make solar more attractive.
• Nature is inspiring green design for pretty much everything!
• Eco-friendly loft project reuses industrial site.
• Green buildings gaining steam, albeit slowly.
• Sustainable buildings are virtuous, but they can be ugly.
• Oregon building opts for Green Globes instead of LEED.
• Can a building be LEED certified without being green?

Blogs worth reading: The Greeniest, designTURF + GroovyGreen.