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THERMAL DELIGHT IN COURTYARDS Perhaps the most satisfying architectural response to the continuously dry topics is the Mediterranean residence centered on a courtyard. With a meager but well-developed water supply, the courtyards feature fountains, ponds, and growing plants for both evaporative cooling and for aesthetic enhancement. But it is the fine-tuning of the courtyard environment — its optimization of wall heat resistance, ventilation rate, and evaporation rate — that is most satisfying. — William Lowry and Porter Lowry, Fundamentals of Biometerorology
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HISTORIC WAREHOUSE GROWS GREEN For much of the 20th century, the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon was a gritty and neglected industrial site. Recently, however, the district has revived to become an upscale, downtown neighborhood within a compact and livable city.
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More Environment Dismay at Landmark Asbestos Ruling — Architects' Journal, 2001.1211Green Giants — American School Magazine, 2001.1206 Working around Climate for Sustainable Development — Earth Times, 2001.1206 The Sun Shines on Washington State's Largest Solar PV System — Newswire at Excite, 2001.1205 Unemployed Eye Environmental Cleanup — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.1205 Study: WTC Dust Contains Asbestos — AP at Yahoo News, 2001.1203 New Suffolk Dorm to be First "Green" Building In Boston — Beacon Hill Times, 2001.1127 EU Says Environment Talks No Hurdle for Expansion — New Zealand Herald, 2001.1123 Going Green: Sellen's Headquarters Building Is a Prime Example of Sustainability — Puget Sound Business Journal, 2001.1123 Wake Up the Sleeping Giant — ENR, 2001.1121 Regulations Drive Up Housing Costs and Fail to Protect Endangered Species, Builders Charge — NAHB, 2001.1119 GE Lighting Launches National Energy Program — GE Lighting press release, 2001.1011 EPA Launches "Energy Star" Public Awareness Campaign — BuildingOnline, 2001.1114 New Study Fuels Fresh Debate over Arsenic-Treated Lumber — Building Online, 2001.1114 CDC Report on "Built Environment" Misses the Mark — National Association of Home Builders, 2001.1113 Groundbreaking for Municipal Museum's Water-Wise Garden — Excite, 2001.1113 More Homeowners Are 'Seeing Green' — BusinessWire at Excite, 2001.1112
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