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Honolulu may soon consider passing a bill that provides incremental real property tax breaks to LEED-NC certified projects based on the level of LEED certification achieved. Because the bill has so many flaws, it is the perfect starting point for discussing what should be considered before LEED, or any other green building rating system, is written into law. Here are 10 critical points to consider before introducing any such legislation:

1) Mandate vs. incentive

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Thank you to the over 24,000 people from Asia to Europe and everywhere in between that read my story about getting a Vista refund. It was in the top five overall on Digg at one point thanks to you - pretty exciting for someone who has never really had a website before! I thought there'd be someone out there interested in this story, but never imagined to get a response like this -

A third-party advertiser contacted me the first day that story ran and asked if I was willing to put up a link to HP's site for $50 (I declined).

My laptop was stolen, so I went down to Best Buy and picked up an HP dv6815nr since it was on sale for $599.99+tax. After powering it up, I was confronted by the Microsoft Windows Vista EULA and the HP EULA: