<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5a5564be-e9e0-47eb-aebc-9387edb428a3/70108C22-C38C-4713-8ED8-501FA3EADF0C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/02/six-gotta-be-in-industries-for-eco-change/" href="http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/02/six-gotta-be-in-industries-for-eco-change/" style="font-size: 11px;">earth911.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/02/six-gotta-be-in-industries-for-eco-change/"><P>Spanning every major city and small town, construction and home improvement are part of daily life. Sustainable building is no longer a trend but an industry – with good cause. The building industry accounts for a large chunk of resources used and maintained within our country. In the U.S., according to <A class="extlink" href="http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1718">LEED</A>, buildings account for:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/02/six-gotta-be-in-industries-for-eco-change/"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 72 percent of electricity consumption</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 39 percent of energy use</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 38 percent of all carbon dioxide (CO<SUB>2</SUB>) emissions</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 40 percent of raw material use</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 30 percent of waste output (136 million tons annually)</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 14 percent of potable water consumption</LI> </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/02/six-gotta-be-in-industries-for-eco-change/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A class="extlink" href="http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=283">U.S. Green Building Council</A> – Online Courses and Workshops<A href="http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=283"> </A></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/02/six-gotta-be-in-industries-for-eco-change/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.edcmag.com/">Environmental Design and Construction Magazine </A></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70108C22-C38C-4713-8ED8-501FA3EADF0C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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