• Target’s future stores will be bigger and greener.  Oxymoron, what?
• In many communities, it’s not easy going green.
• New green REIT aims to make investing in green retrofits easier.
• How about award-winning landscape architecture for low-income housing?
• Let’s start thinking about geothermal as a renewable energy source.

*WIR = Week in Review; a Saturday showcase of excellent links.

• Green building is more than efficient, it’s economic.
• Lack of education, bureaucracy hinder green building progress.
• ‘Green’ buildings don’t have to be new.
• Farmers make more $$ selling water to cities than using it in crops.
• EPA promotes green infrastructure for better water quality.
• A GM Exec receives LEED Platinum for 4,000 sf home.

*WIR = Week in Review; a Saturday showcase of excellent links.

• Financing Home 2.0.
• LEED certification is a hot topic for builders.
• A new model for green design.
• High performance wall systems may be coming soon.
• ASHRAE increases roof/wall R-value for first time in 19 years.
• Green building buzz at Davos World Economic Forum.
• Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world.

*WIR = Week in Review; a Saturday showcase of excellent links.

• Wind Power booms with 45% growth in 2007!
• GE Financial targets $6 Billion in renewable energy investments.
• N. Cali homebuilder group mandates 50% energy reduction by 2020.
• Natural Home Top 10 green housing developments.
• Going green can attract and keep employees.
• Greening developers may not be that easy.

*WIR = Week in Review; a Saturday showcase of excellent links.

• UK, Travelodge builds recyclable hotel.
• Subprime crises + expensive gas = End of Sprawl?
• Ten green quotables in sustainable building.
• Report predicts a wave of green tech.
• "Smart Grid" trials found to reduce electricity bills.
• LED lights may show up in homes in under 3 years.
• Do we have the formula for greener drywall?

*WIR = Week in Review; a Saturday showcase of excellent links.