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• Beautiful Buildings Made From Whole Trees

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  According to the Forest Products Laboratory , a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. Putting this principle into practice, Whole Tree Architecture is dedicated to building with materials that lumber companies consider scrap – weed ...
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• Marvimon and SmogShoppe: Refurbished Event Spaces Merge Style and Sustainability

  
  Your Daily Thread — Authority: 472
  Miguel Nelson and Sherry Walsh are the eclectic, environmental visionaries responsible for the reconstruction and redesign of two of L.A.’s greenest event spaces, Marvimon House and SmogShoppe. Both are indoor and outdoor fortresses lusciously filled with native vegetation and vintage decadence where people ...
  3 days ago

• Taipei 101 tower aims to be world’s tallest green building

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  The iconic Taipei 101 tower has announced plans for an overhaul of the building with a green makeover as part of a drive against climate change. See original here: Taipei 101 tower aims to be world’s tallest green building Please Share or Bookmark this post
  5 days ago

• Green gurus: you decide

  
  Zerochampion — Authority: 409
  So I’m in rather frantic planning mode for virtual events right now. In particular there’s hopefully plenty of activity in and around Sustainability Now to satisfy those of you who just can’t get enough of debate and discussion around this issue. There will be a full conference programme this time – so not ...
  6 days ago

• Watch building of prefab, ultra-green house live on the Web

  
  Green OC — Authority: 516
  A builder hoping to be the first in Orange County to construct the ultimate “green” home will erect the structure in a matter of hours Thursday morning, live on the Web. The building of the prefabricated, two-story house begins in Newport Beach about 9 a.m. and should be finished by about 11 a.m. View it ...
  1 week ago

• Elwood Green: 6 Star Sustainably Built Apartment Complex

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  High Density green living is on the rise in Elwood, Australia with Crosby Architect’s new Elwood Green project. Living up to its name, the high-density apartment building will house 25 units that are expected to receive an average 6-star rating – the highest honor currently available from the Green Building ...
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• Garden Sheds Are an Explosion of Architectural Experimentation

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Mark Twain had a garden shed; he called it “the loveliest study you ever saw…octagonal with a peaked roof, each face filled with a spacious window…perched in complete isolation on the top of an elevation that commands leagues of valley and city and retreating ranges of distant blue hills. It is a cozy nest and ...
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• Highland Park affordable housing development earns LEED for Homes Gold

  
  Chicagoland Real Estate Forum — Authority: 129
  11 attached townhomes in Highland Park received their LEED Gold certifications. The ambitious project, known as Hyacinth Place, is a fantastic example of how LEED Homes can be accessible and do not have to be expensive. The attached single-family townhomes were built with affordability in mind, targeted towards ...
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• Green Building Initiative

  
  Innovative News — Authority: 124
  The Green Building Initiative is a non-profit organization originally conceived to bring green building into the mainstream. Their mission is to accelerate the adoption of building practices resulting in energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally sustainable buildings. The organization has developed the ...
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• Grey Global Moves Into LEED-CS-Hopeful Toy Building at 200 Fifth Avenue

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 462
  Out of the top 50 commercial office leases that were signed in Manhattan back in 2007, the 6th largest was secured by advertising and marketing firm Grey Global Group for a new 370,000-square-foot headquarters at L&L Holding Companys 200 Fifth Avenue. (You may recall that for both calendar years 2007 and 2008, we ...
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• Bamboo Flooring Guide

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 673
  Bamboo has become a very popular green material lately. The fast-growing grass (thats right—not wood!) has garnered much green cred for growing so quickly—it can be harvested after growing for just 4 or 5 years—and is often grown without the need for pesticides, and can regenerate without seeding. Flooring is ...
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• Kö-Bogen: Düsseldorf’s Green Roofed Crystal Complex

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Daniel Libeskind recently unveiled his remarkable design for the Kö-Bogen, a new mixed-use development in Germany. Set in downtown Düsseldorf, the retail and office complex is crowned with a grassy green roof and is designed to fit in with the surrounding historic architecture of Köenigsallee Boulevard. This ...
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• The growth of green building, why ESC’s should care

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 127
  Even in today’s unstable housing market, demand is growing for green and eco-conscious homes. More than 97,000 homes nationwide have been built and certified by voluntary green building programs since the mid-1990s, according to the National Association of Home Builders, representing a 50 percent increase from ...
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• Design Green Awards Elevate Sustainable Architecture in California

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  The Architectural Foundation of Los Angeles recently announced the winners of the Design Green awards at a recent ceremony hosted by the AIA/LA to recognize outstanding work built or conceived by Los Angeles architects. Citation, Merit, and Honor Awards were given to six projects that ranged in size from ...
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• Golf course home could win race to become O.C.’s first super green house

  
  Green OC — Authority: 516
  Artists rendering of 1811 Gisler Ave., Costa Mesa Our post about a Laguna Beach luxury home project seeking the elusive platinum certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s  Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program drew many responses. But perhaps the most interesting was from Costa ...
  2 weeks ago

• If Scott Cowen Really Wants to Go Green...

  
  Letters in Bottles — Authority: 511
  ...perhaps he should make a few more decisions in line with his rhetoric. Recently, I received an email from the President touting his efforts to make the campus "go green" in a number of ways: Last year I signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, pledging, among other things, that ...
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• Eco Asia Conference/Eco Expo Asia 2009 October 28-31

  
  Innovative News — Authority: 124
  The annual Eco Asia Conference is widely regarded as one of the most important environmental forums in the region. Organized under the guidance of Mr Mike Stokoe, former Deputy Director of the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department with the support of HSBC, the event will run in conjunction with the fourth ...
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• Sun Powered LUMENHAUS has a Shifting Solar Facade

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  The 2009 Solar Decathlon may have come to a close, but we wanted to shine a little more light on one of our favorite projects, Virginia Tech ’s LUMENHAUS . Ranked 4th in this year’s Architecture category, the LUMENHAUS is named for its “power of light” attributes and architectural references to the BauHaus ...
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• 2009 Solar Decathalon Lights Up Washington, D.C.

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 127
  With all of the big media outlets stationed in our nation’s capital day in and day out, you’d think they wouldn’t miss a beat when something extraordinary happens.  Especially when that something is happening right on the National Mall (which, according to the National Park Service , receives 24 million ...
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• Water Pumping Plant Renovated Into Gorgeous Living Space

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  Berlin is a burgeoning modern city with a compelling history, a diverse culture, abundant art, and distinctive architecture that rivals the likes of Paris, London and New York. But if there is one thing that can set the city apart from its pricey peers, it’s the unbelievably inexpensive property. Not unlike many of ...
  3 weeks ago

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