Friday Wrap-Up: Cutting Waste, Creating Jobs, Announcing Winners

Created: November 11, 2011

Carol M. Highsmith, November 2008 (Library of Congress)/Public Domain

More jobs may be created using less material than new construction, according to TreeHugger.com's Lloyd Alter.
More jobs may be created using less material than new construction, according to TreeHugger.com's Lloyd Alter.

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Wrapping up the week in green projects, top design firms and, of course, the no-brainer approach to construction job creation:

Lloyd Alter, writing on TreeHugger.com, is a continuing proponent of remodeling and renovation as a means of job creation and conservation of materials.
Circling back: the AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects of 2011. K&B Sustainable favorite Greensburg, KS has a winner in there: a Greensburg Schools/Kiowa County Schools project!
GreenSource has unveiled its Top 25 Green Design Firms.