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Professor John Quigley Discovers Green Building Pays Greenbacks
Submitted by admin on July 2, 2008 - 1:05pm.Date Posted:
Jul 2 2008
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Professor John Quigley Discovers Green Building Pays Greenbacks
Summary:
Everyone's talking about "going green," but in the building industry, the cost of investment has been difficult to justify - until now. Haas Professor John Quigley has undertaken the first systematic analysis of environmentally sustainable construction and its economic impact on the real estate market.
In the working paper, "Doing Well by Doing Good? Green Office Buildings," Quigley and co-authors Piet Eichholtz and Nils Kok of Maastricht University, Netherlands, determined investments in proven green building practices lead to sizable increases in a property's market value and effective rent, the average per-square-foot rent paid.
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Haas NewsWire
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Press Release: Students win $180,000 to tackle world's problems through Bears Breaking Boundaries contest
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 3:25pm.Date Posted:
Jun 19 2008
Title of News:
Press Release: Students win $180,000 to takcle world's problems through Bears Breaking Boundaries contest
Summary:
BERKELEY – Projects to help new mothers in Nigeria and orphans in Nepal, and to encourage bike sharing and energy efficiency in Berkeley, are among 50 student proposals receiving a total of $179,000 in the third annual "Bears Breaking Boundaries" competition at the University of California, Berkeley.
"Cal students have fantastic ideas for enhancing the curriculum, improving the campus, and addressing major societal challenges such as climate change and global health," said Thomas Kalil, special assistant to the chancellor for science and technology and director of Big Ideas@Berkeley, a campus initiative which co-sponsors the student competition. "The contest is our version of 'American Idol' - it helps shine the spotlight on our most creative, energetic and entrepreneurial students."
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Berkeley News, also see Business Week Article at http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/may2008/id20080530_606257.htm?chan=search
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Building Sustainability at Cal Program Coordinator
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 3:10pm.Name of Job:
Building Sustainability at Cal Program Coordinator
Description:
The Building Sustainability @ Cal (BS@C) Program trains and utilizes students to help reduce the environmental footprint of buildings by educating building inhabitants and identifying structural and operational changes that can be made to the building, in addition to designing and implementing educational projects.
The BS@C Program is looking for a student to serve as one of the four Program Coordinators. The Program Coordinator would:
1) Help oversee a service learning class on sustainability
2) Train students how to perform waste, water, and lighting audits and implement projects/programs
3) Manage student interns working in buildings
4) Work with staff and faculty to help reduce the environmental impacts of campus buildings
Training will be provided for the program coordinator, but some experience with environmental issues is required. This position requires at least a one-year commitment.
Application Deadline:
June 30, 2008
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Date Posted:
June 19, 2008
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