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Surprise mom with a bouquet of beautiful flowers at home or send them to her office for an early Mother's Day gift she can show off to her co-workers. Either way, send organic blooms, like this bouquet of pink oriental lilies ($60 at organicbouquet.com). You can also find a few certified Fair Trade options starting at $35 at 1800flowers.com (order by May 8, and you can save 15% when you use promotion code MDAY15 at checkout.)

LEED 2012 is focusing attention on data centers and hospitals this year. Traditionally, data centers have had a tougher time in achieving LEED certification due to their demands for uptime and energy as well. To make themselves more market focused, LEED 2012 is looking at several criteria to help data centers achieve LEED certification.  The data center buildings will now get a separate set of benchmarks by which they will be measure to gauge energy savings. At the core of this work is the fact that recognizing the energy usage reduction is difficult.

A national building energy rating and disclosure policy would cut energy costs by over $18 billion through 2020, and create more than 59,000 net new jobs in that time, a study from the Institute for Market Transformation finds.

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Do you have an expertise in HVAC, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems?   Do you want to help create the next generation of Green Buildings?

If you have a passion for sustainability, expertise in facilities construction and management, and the desire to enter the fast growing green building industry, we'd like to talk to you.