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MOLD CONCERN CONTINUES In recent years, architects, facility managers, and maintenance personnel have become intensely concerned about the environmental hazard presented by mold. The cause can be relatively simple — dampness in buildings — and solving moisture problems can often eliminate mold and restore the building to its normal condition.
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BARRIERS TO BUILDING GREEN Exemplary "green" building projects worldwide are proving the viability of resource-efficient, health-conscious design. Increasingly, governments and the public perceive the need for more sustainable building products and practices. So why isn't "green" more mainstream?
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More Environment Consortium for Energy Efficiency Publishes Commercial HVAC — CEE Press Release, 2001.0825Nation's Largest Sustainable Redevelopment Project to Showcase "Green" Planning and Design — AIArchitect, 2001.0824 Edition L.A. Officials, Environmentalists Fight Over Parcel Of Land — Contra Costa Times, 2001.0820 Couple Practise What They Preach — U.K. Sunday Times, 2001.0819 Trees Lock Angkor Temples in a Life-and-Death Embrace — New York Times, 2001.0819 (registration required) Awards to Boost Research into Cheaper Solar Electricity — NREL, 2001.0817 EPA Delays Plan for Powerplant Pollution Controls — ENR, 2001.0815 Criticism Greets Corps Wetlands Permit Proposal — ENR, 2001.0810 Tierra Concrete Homes Honored with Energy Star Award — National Renewable Energy Lab Press Release, 2001.0808 Buildings with Built-In Energy Savings — BusinessWeek, 2001.0807 Learning from a Library — EDC, 2001.08 Edition Peabody Goes Green — U.K. Sunday Times, 2001.0805 What Does Green Mean? — Guardian Unlimited, 2001.0804 EPA Plans to Dredge Hudson River for PCBs — ENR, 2001.0802 Otis Elevator Co. Works With Customers to Address Growing Energy Concerns — BusinessWire at Excite, 2001.0801
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