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'Green' Buildings Needed More Than Ever, Some Say.
By Kevin O'Horan, The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 13--PALMETTO, Fla.--It doesn't leap from the front pages or land on the nightly news, not like an energy crunch, a leaking landfill or smog-filled skies.
Still, the process of raising, running and then razing buildings plays as big a role as any in shaping the world that generations to come will inherit, accounting for a third of the overall environmental impact felt each year in the United States.
And with populations and development expected to mushroom in years to come, that has a growing cadre of architects, regulators and others warming to building "green," structures that tune in as much to nature as to the needs of people.
"It's smart. It's just smart to do it," said Jean Meadows, family and consumer sciences agent for the Manatee County Cooperative Extension Service.
"People are interested and government is realizing -- on a limited basis but coming along -- that this is the way to build buildings that are good for the environment and good …
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