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# Green Building Blog

## [Detroit Area Schools Participate in Green Apple Day of Service](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/Green-Building-blog/bid/61475/Detroit-Area-Schools-Participate-in-Green-Apple-Day-of-Service)

** Tue, Nov 27, 2012 @ 03:26 / by [Sara Kravitz](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/author/sara-kravitz) posted in [Green Schools](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/green-schools), [USGBC](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/usgbc), [Green Building](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/green-building), [LEED Cerified Buildings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed-cerified-buildings), [Sustainability](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/sustainability)

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## [Wasted Energy is Wasted Money](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/Green-Building-blog/bid/61166/Wasted-Energy-is-Wasted-Money)

** Wed, Nov 14, 2012 @ 10:52 / by [Jim Newman](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/author/jim-newman) posted in [HVAC](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/hvac), [Codes & Standards](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/codes-standards), [Green](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/green), [ASHRAE](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/ashrae), [LEED](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed), [LEED Cerified Buildings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed-cerified-buildings), [Sustainability](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/sustainability), [Energy Savings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/energy-savings), [Energy Audit](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/energy-audit)

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## [Energy Efficiency Expert Jim Newman Receives National Honor](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/bid/58651/energy-efficiency-expert-jim-newman-receives-national-honor)

** Tue, Aug 07, 2012 @ 03:25 / by [Jim Newman](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/author/jim-newman) posted in [ASHRAE](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/ashrae), [Green Building](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/green-building), [LEED](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed), [LEED Cerified Buildings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed-cerified-buildings), [Sustainability](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/sustainability), [Energy Savings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/energy-savings)

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![Ron Jarnagin (left), president of ASHRAE, congratulates Jim Newman on receiving the Distinguished Service Award at the ASHRAE Annual Conference. ](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/hs-fs/file-13336741-jpg/images/jim_newman_ashrae_dsa.jpg?width=278&height=185&name=jim_newman_ashrae_dsa.jpg)James L. “Jim” Newman, owner and managing partner of Newman Consulting Group, LLC (NCG) in Farmington Hills, Mich., received the Distinguished Service Award from ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) at the organization's Annual Conference held recently in San Antonio, TX.

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## [Guest Post - Net Zero Building: Reality or Wishful Thinking? with Ashley Halligan](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/Green-Building-blog/bid/58261/Guest-Post-Net-Zero-Building-Reality-or-Wishful-Thinking-with-Ashley-Halligan)

** Thu, Jul 26, 2012 @ 11:13 / by [Jim Newman](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/author/jim-newman) posted in [Retrofit](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/retrofit), [Net Zero Building](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/net-zero-building), [Green Building](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/green-building), [Sustainability](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/sustainability), [Energy Savings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/energy-savings)

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Ashley Halligan, an analyst at [Software Advice](http://www.softwareadvice.com/cafm/), recently published an article outlining the trending topic of net zero building. Halligan interviewed several experts including Brian Anderson, Founding Partner of [Anderson Porter Design](http://blog.andersonporter.com/category/energydesign/), Dru B. Crawley, former Commercial Buildings Team Lead for the Department of Energy and current Director of Building Performance at [Bentley Systems](http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/News+Archive/2010/Quarter+2/Dru+Crawley.htm), Jeff Blankman, McCormick’s Sustainable Manufacturing Manager, and Blake Bisson, VP of Sales & Marketing at [Ekotrope](http://ekotrope.com/products/homeseed/).  

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## [Update on LEED 2012](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/Green-Building-blog/bid/57340/Update-on-LEED-2012)

** Thu, Jun 21, 2012 @ 04:18 / by [Jim Newman](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/author/jim-newman) posted in [LEED Guidelines](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed-guidelines), [LEED 2009](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed-2009), [Green Building](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/green-building), [LEED](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed), [LEED Cerified Buildings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/leed-cerified-buildings), [Sustainability](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/sustainability), [Energy Savings](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/green-building-blog/topic/energy-savings)

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By now you may know that the much anticipated release of LEED 2012 has been postponed. Introduced last November at the Greenbuild Convention, LEED 2012 was supposed to replace LEED 2009 V3 at this year’s convention. Because of so many major changes, and a great deal of excellent feedback from the membership, USGBC made the wise decision to push back the release of this next version for another year and refer to it as LEED V4 rather than LEED 2009.

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