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• International Builders Show – Green Building Day

  
  Chicagoland Real Estate Forum — Authority: 129
  With the coming year expected to offer great opportunities for smart builders, resources and activities at next month’s International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas will help convention-goers identify where they can score success in green building.Back again this year, Green Day will be observed on Wednesday, Jan. ...
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• Flashback, 1950: Suburbanizing New Orleans

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 494
  Charity Hospital Last month I found myself in New Orleans for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields conference, wondering if I had unwittingly traveled back in time to the 1950s or 60s. The conference was great; it was the city’s land use planning that left me disoriented. This was my first trip to ...
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• NAHB National Green Building Awards

  
  Chicagoland Real Estate Forum — Authority: 129
  Attention green Chicago real estate developers and builders, local government (that’s you Evanston) advocates or green professional: submit your environmentally friendly home, initiative or contribution to the National Association of Home Builders’ National Green Building Awards!Award categories include:Advocate ...
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• Towne Mill Gives To Cherokee County Humane Society

  
  Atlanta Real Estate Forum — Authority: 482
  Towne Mill a Swim/Tennis Community located in Canton, Ga recently made a donation to The Cherokee County Humane Society in excess of $1,000.The donation was made in the name of Hustle Raines the grandson of Raines Residential Owner and President, Ronnie Raines.Hustle initiated this effort which was based on the ...
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• Social Safeway to seek LEED certification

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 582
  ‘green’ courtesy of ’s2art’ DCmud reports that the currently under construction Georgetown Safeway (AKA the Social Safeway) will be seeking a LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council . While this is truly great news, what’s not so great news for area residents is that the supposed ...
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• Sheila Kennedy and the Portable Light Project

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 631
  Not your typical architecture firm, Sheila Kennedy and her cohorts at KVA MATx are stripping apart the built environment and reassembling it with an eye for flexibility. Her vision: a world of distributed power in which solar potential is woven into the fabric of daily life, from high design in Germany to African ...
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• Kozhikode’s proposed IT park awarded SEZ status

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Kozhikode, Dec 17 (IANS) UL CyberPark, a proposed IT park in the Kozhikode region, has been awarded the special economic zone (SEZ) status by the central government’s Board of Approval.The Rs.600-crore UL CyberPark will be the first SEZ in northern Kerala.A project of the Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative ...
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• Unsafe Levels of Formaldehyde in New Homes

  
  Features — Authority: 124
  By Linda Kincaid, MPH, CIH Being green means saving energy. However, being green also means staying healthy. A study released today indicates those two goals may be at odds with each other in new homes. The California Air Resources Board (CARB)has released a study of indoor air quality in new homes. The report ...
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• LEED for Homes Point by Point – Indoor Environmental Quality

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 424
  Indoor Environmental Quality : : 13 points achieved out of 21 points available :: We followed the prescriptive path for Indoor Air Quality and I have to say of all the section I actually thought this was the toughest.  IEQ measures the moisture control, outdoor air ventilation, distribution heating and ...
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• Stunning Swiss House is Buried Under the Earth

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 728
  In a location as picturesque as Vals, Switzerland , it’s difficult to imagine any new construction that wouldn’t impose on the beautiful landscape. So when the rare opportunity was granted to construct a new dwelling just a stone’s throw away from the famed Vals thermal baths , it was of paramount importance ...
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• Big Blue Building: Massive College Point Police Academy Set to Break Ground

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 413
  Even for those of us whose understanding of what police academies should be like is centered around Steve Guttenberg and The Guy Who Makes Noises , the news that NYPDs main training facility is over 40 years old is kind of alarming. This is a big city, it requires a large and well-trained police force and... well, ...
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• Know Your Green Building Materials – NAHB Green Approved Products

  
  Chicagoland Real Estate Forum — Authority: 129
  Builders and consumers alike are flooded with ‘green’ everything these days.  Anything from cars, energy, vacations, food and new homes – all seem to claim to have a green component to them.  Often, this ‘green fog’ can create confusion and mis-information as to what is green, why its green and why the ...
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• Planet 100 Video - Climate Stars Hit Copenhagen, China Unveils Massive Solar Powered Office

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 616
  Todays Planet 100 covers celebrities at Copenhagen, a report from Copenhagen, and the worlds largest solar-powered office building.
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• Solar Powered Sundial Building Is No Birds Nest

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 631
  The International Solar Cities Initiative conference is in Dezhou, China next year, so they built a conference center with a giant sundial that has everything but the gnomon. Jetson Green tells us that the the 75,000 square meter (807,293 square feet) center includes exhibition centers, scientific research ...
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• Easy Being Green: Eco-Friendly Istanbul Building

  
  WebEcoist — Authority: 578
  [ See more under News & Politics or in the Art & Design category ] Green design is on the lips and fingertips of designers all across America, Europe and other parts of the world. But one place where it hasn’t quite caught on with such fervor is Turkey. While architects there want to maximize ...
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• The Decade in Review: 14 Themes, Memes, and Dreams in Architecture (Slideshow)

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 631
  It was a wild ride of a decade for architecture. Green building got real; the economic boom created new centers of excellence and horror; computers, 9/11, green roofs and green walls all changed how we design buildings. We look at 14 themes, memes and dreams that changed architecture in the decade. ... Read the full ...
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• Stacked Shipping Container Pavilion Rises at COP15

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 155
  As COP15 delegations continue in Copenhagen, Danish architects MAPT have erected a striking pavilion composed of a set of old shipping containers stacked up like building blocks. The recycled pavilion will host an interactive exhibit focusing on urban sustainability, and the interior of the structure is ...
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• A positive vision for a low carbon economy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Not only will the Conservatives new scheme help families save money and cut carbon emissions it could also create tens of thousands of jobs Homes are responsible for around a quarter of the UKs carbon emissions and one family in every four lives in fuel poverty. So big cuts, in carbon and in bills, need to be made. ...
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• Is It Getting Hot In Here?

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 494
  It’s official – weatherization is sexy.  In a press event held yesterday, President Barack Obama again promoted energy efficiency retrofits as a way to stimulate job growth. Appearing at a suburban Virginia Home Depot before a backdrop of insulation packages emblazoned with phrases like “Save Energy” and ...
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• Environmentally Friendly Wood Stains

  
  Improve Your Home and Garden — Authority: 119
  In a $2 million beachfront home on Oahu, a meticulously redesigned, nautical-themed home remodel was underway.  Huge wooden beams were brought in from the mainland to complete the fresh, open-air appeal of this luxurious island getaway.  The homeowner was thrilled to see his vision become a reality.When the remodel ...
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