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• Flashback, 1950: Suburbanizing New Orleans

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 468
  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: 727
  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 ...
  2 days ago

• Green Schools Include Green Cleaning

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 627
  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 [...]
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• Green your kid’s room: Start with the floor

  
  Green OC — Authority: 425
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• San Francisco Launches Sustainable Financing For Green Building Renovations

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 727
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• San Francisco’s Transamerica Building Gets LEED Gold

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 727
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Solar Panels In Aisle Three

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 155
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• NYC Mayor Bloomberg Cuts Back on Greener Greater Buildings Plan

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 727
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Greenlaunches.com — Authority: 440
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Green Living Gets Real

  
  Uprooted, an eco-travel blog — Authority: 415
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 627
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• INTO Delegation in Copenhagen for Climate Talks

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 468
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• More Self Delusional Nonsense on Green Building

  
  The Elephant Bar — Authority: 430
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Meeting the Nashville Challenge: We Need Your Feedback!

  
  PreservationNation — Authority: 468
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  Green OC — Authority: 425
  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• M112 Pods: Miniature Shipping Container Homes!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 727
  These new M112 Pod Miniatures by Paris Renfroe Design are diminutive counterparts to the life-sized shipping container homes which are rising in popularity as green living space options. These tiny dwellings for dolls boast a Baltic birch interior ceiling, walls and floor as well as a frosted panel wall and a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Green Treehouse Provides an Incredible Learning Playground

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 727
  Stunning design and green architecture shouldn’t be reserved just for adults, as showcased by this gorgeous green treehouse built by the architects at Lord, Aeck & Sargent . Constructed as an extension to Camp Twin Lakes , a camp dedicated to kids with special needs, this treehouse is not only beautiful, fun ...
  2 weeks ago

• 100 Green Training Positions Available – Build Green Construction Skills

  
  MYGreen Education and Career — Authority: 133
  If you’re looking for work and are interested in construction jobs, you may be in luck, according to Houston Texas’ KHOU.com. SER Jobs for Progress is currently recruiting to fill 100 training positions for green construction skills. A local construction company has partnered with SER to teach the 100 trainees ...
  2 weeks ago

• 4 Tips in Green Architecture

  
  EbioAnt — Authority: 143
  By Catherine Drucker Conserve     One important element in green architecture is conservation. Low-water toilets help save water. This is made possible by using flow restrictors in your shower heads. To water lawns, some opt for reclaimed water. Reclaimed water may not be ideal for drinking but may be ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ecobuild America Conference is December 8 - 10 in DC (Free Exhibit Hall and Keynote Pass Available)

  
  Green VC — Authority: 115
  The Ecobuild America  conference will take place in Washington, DC from December 8 - 10. This event is sponsored by the National Institute of Building Sciences and produced by AEC Science & Technology with the goal of educating design and construction professionals on how to improve the built environment. ...
  2 weeks ago

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