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• Themes, Memes and Dreams in a Decade of Architecture

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  The blogs are full of “best of the year” lists, but architecture moves more slowly – it takes a long time for ideas to get built, technologies to evolve and for knowledge to spread. Instead, we look at the themes and memes of the past decade of architecture in TreeHugger. From the rise of modern prefab to ...
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• Green Roofed London Hotel is Buried Underground

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  This five star hotel is going under – underground that is! Designed by ReardonSmith Architects for a proposed development at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey, London, this new subterranean hotel will pay its ultimate respects to London’s Green Belt by placing all 200+ guest rooms underneath it! The entire scheme ...
  4 days ago

• Zeroing In: Redhook Green Is a Zero Energy Building, But What Does That Mean?

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 117
  We know some things -- good things -- about Redhook Green, the just-announced "net zero" mixed-use development in (wait for it) Red Hook. For instance: we know that it has a cool look inspired, according to the designers at Brooklyns Garrison Architects , by the shipping containers lining Red Hooks river frontage. ...
  5 days ago

• SAKO Architects’ Jenga-Like Building Provides Optimum Sunshine

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  What’s black and white and sunny all over? It’s the BUMPS housing complex in Beijing , created by SAKO Architects . Typical buildings in China face north and south, but SAKO’s design rotates the buildings 45 degrees from the north-south axis to provide maximum exposure to sunlight . The designers also ...
  5 days ago

• Best Careers In Green Technology – Top 5 Jobs In Green Energy Technology

  
  Business to Business b2b | Marketing | eCommerce | Telemarketing — Authority: 159
  It looks like green technology is going to be with us for awhile as the world looks for different fuel sources that are cleaner plus more efficient. In time of recession it may be an excellent time to search for jobs which have growth potential and you may find jobs in renewable energy plus recycling may be just the ...
  6 days ago

• Flashback, 1950: Suburbanizing New Orleans

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 500
  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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• Stunning Swiss House is Buried Under the Earth

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  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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• Green Schools Include Green Cleaning

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 621
  Try an experiment with paint. Paint one side of a piece of wood with low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paint and lay it to dry somewhere in the house. Wait a day or two, paint the other side with traditional. The difference will be clear.When it comes to cleaning, however, too many of us have become [...]
  1 week ago

• Green your kid’s room: Start with the floor

  
  Green OC — Authority: 426
  Today’s tip comes from Rachel Hulan of Path Design, an interior design firm specializing in sustainable design for residential and light commercial projects. As parents, we face many decisions when it comes time to decorate our kid’s rooms.  Would a boy like a sports theme or a dinosaur theme better?  Is it ...
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• San Francisco Launches Sustainable Financing For Green Building Renovations

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  from the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom… This week in Copenhagen, representatives from nations around the world are debating the best measures to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change . The success of the Copenhagen talks is important as a measure of our collective commitment to ...
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• San Francisco’s Transamerica Building Gets LEED Gold

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  Just yesterday, one of our favorite mayors, Gavin Newsom in one of our favorite cities, San Francisco , announced that SF’s landmark Transamerica Pyramid Building , will now be classified as one of the greenest in the nation ! That’s right, the famous San Francisco landmark was awarded LEED Gold ...
  2 weeks ago

• Solar Panels In Aisle Three

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 154
  What to get that person who has it all? Maybe some solar panels. In California, at least, its now possible to haul a box of do-it-yourself solar power off the shelf. Home improvement retail giant Lowes announced that its started ...
  2 weeks ago

• NYC Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Back on Greener Greater Buildings Plan

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 724
  Last Friday, NYC Mayor Bloomberg announced that he would be dropping a measure that was a part of the ambitious Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP) which called for buildings over 50,000 square feet to undergo audits to determine what renovations would be required to make them more energy efficient. When ...
  2 weeks ago

• COP15: Norway Unveils Energy-Efficient Sea Facing Office Building Design

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 532
  Well, Copenhagen Summit is throwing up lot of surprises but the only gloom lifting ones are the new green designs and products that are being unveiled while the debate rages on. Norway for instance has unveiled a complete energy-efficient office building concept and design. It is very high on innovation from very ...
  2 weeks ago

• Green Living Gets Real

  
  Uprooted, an eco-travel blog — Authority: 414
  Architecture is a topic that can be fascinating and compelling but often turns out dangerously dull—and green architecture is often downright boring. Part of the problem is that sustainable architecture is only available to the super-rich, who invest in eco-mansions while the masses are stuck in the same old ...
  2 weeks ago

• Clean Energy Jobs Go Home: $30 Billion to put 4.5 Million to Work

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 621
  Clean Energy Jobs Go Home: $30 Billion to put 4.5 Million to WorkThis is part of a series of brief posts on ‘clean energy jobs‘ opportunities for sparking meaningful employment, quickly, in the United States as discussed in Clean Energy Jobs: Stimulate Me.Investing in building energy efficiency is one of the most ...
  2 weeks ago

• INTO Delegation in Copenhagen for Climate Talks

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 500
  In September, the members of the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO)—including the National Trust for Historic Preservation—adopted the Dublin Declaration on Climate Change at the 13th International Conference of National Trusts hosted by An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland. My colleagues ...
  2 weeks ago

• More Self Delusional Nonsense on Green Building

  
  The Elephant Bar — Authority: 135
  Go to the 25 second mark and look at what is going on in the background while this clown is talking about this project. Radio Netherlands China’s certainly going to be under discussion at the UN Climate Change Summit, which kicks off in Copenhagen next Monday. For years China has been coming up with plans ...
  3 weeks ago

• Meeting the Nashville Challenge: We Need Your Feedback!

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 500
  As a follow up to the Pocantico Convening , the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Friends of the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology hosted a gathering of preservationists in Nashville during the 2009 National Preservation Conference. The purpose of this convening was to discuss policy ...
  3 weeks ago

• Survey: O.C. cities save energy, but few have “green” fleets

  
  Green OC — Authority: 426
  The early results are in: A Sierra Club survey of 26 Orange County cities shows that 80 percent or more are auditing their energy use and have installed motion detectors in city buildings to switch off unneeded lights. Three quarters have appointed committees or staff members to handle energy efficiency, and ...
  3 weeks ago

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