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Article: Green building gaining ground in local commercial sector.(Real Estate)
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- Crain's Cleveland Business
- Article date:
- February 18, 2008
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Byline: JENNIFER KEIRN
Bill Doty took some serious flak from his peers when he hopped on the green-building bandwagon more than 10 years ago.
This 30-plus-year architect and co-founder of Doty & Miller Architects said he "got harassed'' back then about his support for a movement hovering on the fringe, seen by many as a bunch of tree-huggers promoting premium-priced green products and unrealistic construction methods.
But Mr. Doty persisted over the years in his support of green building principles "tempered with a pragmatic approach,'' and today he finds himself with plenty of company in a flourishing local community of green-minded architects ...