It's Not Easy Being Green (But it's getting easier)!

The hot ticket in developing today is “green” buildings. These are not buildings that choose a shade of green for ambiance, but those buildings that are environmentally sensitive.The United States is establishing more and more building standards that take into account the environment and natural resources. California is now coming forward as one of the leading states in this quest to respect our environment.

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Retail buildings have been considered especially difficult to build green because of the multi-tenant aspect. Large tenants have very particular standards to meet for their corporate branding of each and every store. How could they conform to the same standards as all of their competitors? The answer is that it may not be easy but it’s getting there.

An article that sheds a great deal of light on retail green constructions is found the September, 2007 issue of Retail Traffic Magazine in an article entitled “California Greening“. It will tell you how far we have come and will be going.

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