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Once a year for 10 years there is a seminal green finance event in New York held each spring. The Wall Street Green Summit X presents a who's who of the innovators in environmental finance. This year we have a significant emphasis on greening buildings as well as renewable energy project finance. We also cover the carbon trading and financial markets of the EU, California and Kyoto. Finally, we present 8 green hedge funds that offer different green strategies in carbon, water, forestry, and sustainability.

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SINGAPORE'S Green Mark scheme for environmentally friendly buildings is going places - all the way to the Middle East, India and Africa, to be exact. The scheme - which rates buildings' environmental performance - is gaining popularity, with building owners from overseas seeking the stamp of approval, Singapore Green Building Council president Lee Chuan Seng said last Friday.

California is ushering in two significant green building initiatives this year that will change the way new structures are designed and function and require owners of existing buildings to disclose energy consumption...

Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its newest initiative, The Center for Green Schools at USGBC. There are nearly 140,000 schools, colleges and universities in the United States; no one has ever counted the buildings, but thousands are barely built to code

Lenders may be more willing to finance the retrofitting of older buildings if they have the numbers on savings from energy conservation.