LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Globes: Green Globes
built 189 days ago
Globes just are not what they used to be anymore. Those blue spheres that sat on your teacher’s desk have received a makeover! Now you can easily find globes that are elegant, sophisticated, and colorful. They are available in a wide array of gemstones giving you the chance to find the best possible match to the existing motif in the room you want them to go in. These elegant globe bookends can be found in black Opalite with a stone base, Opal with a gold base, Opal with Opal base, green Peridot with stone, wooden or peridot base and the list goes on and on. The possibilities are nearly endless. The bronze gold bookend are another ideal gift option, this actually splits at the equator when books are placed between them. They add just the right amount of style to any office, study, or library.
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Green Globes for new construction was adapted from a system that is widely used in Canada, where it is one of only two green building rating systems recognized by the Canadian federal government. Under the trade name Go Green Comprehensive, it is ... the basis of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Canada's national energy and environmental program for existing buildings.
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GBI president Ward Hubbell presented Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe and ADEQ Director Teresa Marks with a plaque recognizing the building's rating of three Green Globes at an open house. The building, which is the first green state government office building in Arkansas, was recognized for its water conserving features, such as low flush toilets and water-saving fixtures on faucets, the minimization of air emissions and ozone depletion and the incorporation of site design and enhancement techniques to minimize the building's environmental impact.
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The NewPage Corporate headquarters building is just one of the buildings that have recently completed the Green Globes verification process in the United States. Others include: Blakely Hall in Issaquah, Wash.; the Pfizer Inc. Clinical Research Unit in New Haven, Conn.; the RenewAire, LLC corporate headquarters in Madison, Wis.; the Clinton Library and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., the Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter in Fairfax, Va. and the Summit County Materials Recycling Facility in Summit County, Colo.
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The construction of One Ski Hill Place will uphold RockResorts' pledge to the environment and will be built sustainable using the Green Globes rating system. The building will use recycled materials, low energy windows, fiber cement siding, faucet and toilet sensors in the common areas, engineered hardwood flooring, native stone, Energy Star appliances and water-saving devices.
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