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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 Energy-Efficient Mortgages Offered through New Or egon Sustainability Solutions Alliance — Con.Web, 2001.1220House Passes Brownfields Cleanup Bill — ENR, 2001.1220 Washington State Energy Code Revisions Promise Significant Energy Savings — Con.Web, 2001.1220 Exxon Mobil to Pay $11.2 Million in Hazardous Waste Settlement — ENR, 2001.1214 Edition U.N.: 2001 Second Warmest Year — MSNBC, 2001.1219 Mandatory Code to Save Energy Passes Reading — Amarillo Globe, 2001.1219 Energy Department Awards More than $22 Million for Energy-Efficient — DOE News Release, 2001.1217 Building Identity by Building Green — DesignArchitecture, 2001.1217 Green Skyscraper Looms for Londoners — Guardian Unlimited, 2001.1214 Dismay at Landmark Asbestos Ruling — Architects' Journal, 2001.1211 Green Giants — American School Magazine, 2001.1206 Working around Climate for Sustainable Development — Earth Times, 2001.1206 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
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