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These are my links for July 6th through July 8th:

• BREEAM: Buildings BREEAM Supplement – To coincide with the launch of BREEAM 2008, BRE Global and Building Magazine released an supplement – BREEAM Beyond Excellence
• U.S. Green Building Council set to modify LEED standards – Washington Business Journal: – The certification process has been criticized for being too rigid, cumbersome and demanding, for being too costly, and for awarding points illogically. A common example is that installing a bike rack gets one point, as does installing a costly HVAC system
• Let’s follow America’s LEED – Building – LEED with a shot of BREEAM, please
• If this is recession – here’s what not to do (Brickonomics) – Great post from Brian on how to recession proof your business. Of course, much of his advice stands up in boom times too…
• Zero Energy design – Ex-colleagues Paul Carey and Chris Yates, with Eric Roberts have set up a small company based out of Staleybridge.

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