The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village won its own gold medal today for going green. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold award during a short ceremony, saying the 160-acre Olympic Village could serve as a future prototype for energy efficiency and environmentally friendly design. Bustler
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wow, thats funny. i wonder if they got Innovation Credits for artificially changing the weather patterns, shutting down 100+ factories, or forcing 1 million cars off the road...
Aclee,
Were you always a thoughtful critic of the Chinese government, or did you just get on the trend to be so out of fear and envy?
why is the u.s. gov't awarding a LEED cert. to a chinese building?
and Henry Paulson? not exactly a champion of energy conservation and "green building"
Show me a development in the states at that scale with a LEED gold rating and I'll eat my hair.
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