Sixty-eight percent of the region's electricity is consumed by buildings. Now local governments are adopting new carrots and sticks to encourage builders and owners to "go green" and save energy. We look at new initiatives in Montgomery County and the District, and explore the future of green building.
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Green Building
Listen Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006 at 12:06 p.m. in Environment, Science, Society
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Guests
Iris Amdur
Principal of GreenShape, LLC
Joan Kelsch
Environmental Planner, Arlington County; Chair of Intergovernmental Green Building Group (IGBG), Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Sean Cahill
Vice President of Development, Louis Dreyfus Property Group
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