The newly-adopted green leasing provisions will reduce energy consumption and costs in these buildings and likely accelerate the adoption of green-leasing practices in mainstream real-estate markets.

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The 21st century will be remembered as the resurgent coal and oil century, or as the century humanity transitioned to green technologies for energy consumption.

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At the same time, the availability of a cheap and relatively green fuel may push up global energy consumption.

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Mainstream Chinese will continue to focus on aspirational purchases in the short to midterm, and will not begin focusing on green and sustainable consumption for many years to come.

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It is similar to the PUE rating (Power Use Effectiveness) developed by The Green Grid a few years ago, but it arguably is more targeted toward measuring power consumption and actual operations.

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In the end staff had to interview applicants to check their green credentials, commitment to recycling and dedication to low energy consumption.

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In addition to playing up the pixel count, Samsung touted its prototype as a "green panel, " claiming 30-percent lower power consumption than existing LCDs.

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