Online Program Designed to Simplify Sustainable Building

PORTLAND, Ore.—The nonprofit Green Building Initiative (GBI) is sponsoring pilot design projects around the U.S. to promote its Green Globes online tool. The program enables users to plug in information about proposed commercial building projects and receive feedback about how to maximize sustainability in the project. The GBI is touting the program as a user-friendly way to incorporate green concepts in designs. It expects Green Globes to be active in 30 major U.S. building markets by the end of 2007.

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