The nation’s premier public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has signed a two-year contract with Georgia Power to purchase renewable energy for its centers nationwide.
The purchase of more than 364,600 blocks of green energy, or 5 percent of the organization’s annual kilowatt-hour consumption, will make the CDC Georgia Power’s largest Green Energy customer.
“This recent purchase by the CDC really demonstrates the agency’s commitment to the environment and the development of renewable energy in Georgia and around the country,” said Ervan Hancock, Georgia Power’s renewable and …

BuildingGreen, LLC, publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News (EBN), announced its eighth annual Top-10 Green Building Products during the 2009 Greenbuild conference in Phoenix. The list recognizes the most exciting products drawn from recent additions to GreenSpec and coverage in EBN.

Pozzotive Plus concrete masonry units (CMUs) and concrete brick – Kingston Block
Thermafiber mineral wool insulation products – Thermalfiber
Invelope integrated wall insulation and rainscreen system – Build Better Walls
Baltix recycled- and biobased-content office furniture – Baltix
Project FROG modular green classrooms – Project Frog

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Green Wednesdays is an informal gathering of like-minded professionals and individuals interested in connecting with others to share ideas on Green Business.  At each meeting we have a short presentation by one of our members and the rest of the time is devoted to networking.
DATE: 12/2/2009
TIME: 11:45 AM
Urban Flats (in the Lindbergh City Center)
2450 Piedmont Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
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Presenter: Tamara Jones, Director of Program Development & Government Relations at SouthFace. Tamara will speak about Sustainable Cities Institute, a project funded by the Home Depot Foundation, which aims to help …