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SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP Along with the recent surge in knowledge about, and adoption of, sustainability practices has come a realization that senior staff in architecture firms are confronting topics that scarcely existed when they were in architecture school. In some cases, learning new technologies can be assigned to junior staff. But when the topic, like sustainability, is so integrated in the very art and science — and business — of design, it's time for senior staff to go back to school themselves.
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AUSTRIAN SKY GARDEN Until around the turn of the 21st century, high-rise buildings were quite rare in Vienna. Here and there a radio tower or an office building would reach above the Austrian capital's skyline, but skyscrapers were so rare that the Vienna building regulations classified any building over 65 feet (20 meters) tall as high-rise.
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More Environment Public Awareness Program Designed to Promote the Use of Energy-Efficient Products and Technologies — Energize America Educational Institute press release, 2002.0205Call for Entries: 2002 Top 10 Green Buildings — AIArchitect, 2002.0201 Edition ASHRAE Handbook Includes New Load Calculation Procedures — EDC, 2002.02 Edition Northwest Utilities, Enviros Seek Solution to CFL Disposal Problem — Con.WEB, 2002.0131 Comprehensive Energy Bill Would Include Tax Credit — EDC, 2002.0126 Achieving Excellence through Recycled Building Materials — EDC, 2002.0126 LEED for Existing Buildings Enters the Pilot Phase — EDC, 2002.0126
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