The Big Green Discussion Group
The Big Green Discussion Group is an online forum focusing on implementing sustainable design and construction principles on large-scale building projects.
Big Green is sponsored by Drew George and BuildingGreen, Inc., publishers of Environmental Building News, an international newsletter on environmentally responsible design and construction.
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Disclaimer
This is a free flowing discussion among the participants. The sponsors assume no responsibility for the content or accuracy of any posting.
Participating
Please feel free to read the list without posting. Many newcomers feel more comfortable "lurking" until they get a feel for the group. However, the community is best served when you contribute your thoughts to topics about which you are well-informed.
This discussion group exists to promote communication between building professionals interested in environmentally responsible design and construction. Please be sure to keep the discussion within the bounds of that topic. If a thread of discussion strays off topic, you may be asked to move the discussion to private e-mail or to a more appropriate forum.
Please identify yourself with your real name and an e-mail address. If you feel that others may perceive a conflict of interest when posting on a particular topic, please include a "full disclosure" notice with your message.
Responding
Please respond directly to the author of a post, and NOT to the list as a whole unless your response is likely to be of interest to others.
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Quote only the relevant passage(s) from a message to which you're responding. Generally, this can be accomplished with just a few lines or a paragraph at most. Omit the address header and signature lines unless they contain something truly relevant.
Announcements
The Big Green Discussion Group welcomes announcements about products, events, web sites and other information resources that have a direct bearing on sustainable building design and construction. These announcements should be brief and contain a URL or email address where more information may be obtained. Announcements should be identified in the subject line of the message with words such as Announcement, Event, Product, Web Site, etc. Please avoid overly promotional or advertorial postings.
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Please direct any comments or suggestions about these guidelines or other logistics concerning the list to the moderators (, ), NOT to the list as a whole. We will periodically review comments and update user guidelines as needed.
Please direct any complaints about the appropriateness of a particular posting to the person individually, with a CC to the moderators. DO NOT POST THESE MESSAGES TO THE GROUP AS A WHOLE.
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The Big Green list archive of messages contains posts from July 1999 to present. Search the archive by entering one or more keywords, the poster's name, or a subject line into the search box below.