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SUSTAINABLE CENTER FOR WOODS HOLE It has become common in recent years for architectural clients to take an interest in energy conservation. But a research organization dedicated to studying the effects of human activities on the environment has a responsibility to go still further to apply sustainability as a guiding principle.
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BREATHING IN BERLIN In recent years, architects have begun to view the skins of buildings like the skins of living organisms: properly designed, they breathe, change form, and adapt to variations in climate. A building that demonstrates this in several ways is the GSW Headquarters in Berlin, designed by Sauerbruch & Hutton Architects, with engineering by Arup. — Editor
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More Environment GeoPraxis Awarded Funding for gbXML and “Green Building Studio” — GeoPraxis press release, 2003.0922Office Design Lets the Sun Back In — Sydney Morning Herald, 2003.0922 Launch of BREEAM Retail, Environmental Performance Method — Building Research Establishment Ltd. press release, 2003.0916 An Inside Peek at an Environmental Powerhouse — Canadian Business, 2003.0915 Vinyl Composition Tile Flooring Achieves GREENGUARD Certification — Designare, 2003.0915 WTC Wasn't Always Regarded Favorably, Professor Says — The State, 2003.0915 San Jose Housing Project Knows the Way to Green Design — AIArchitect, 2003.0912 MSU Chips In for Energy-Efficient Habitat House — Clarion-Ledger, 2003.0910 Building Fits with Nature, Lost in Woods as Architecture — Plain-Dealer, 2003.0906 Pataki Unveils First 'Green' Residential Tower in U.S. — Designare, 2003.0905 Thermador Annouces High-Performance Refrigerators — Designare, 2003.0904 EETD Develops New Commercial Duct-Sealing Technology — Environmental Energy Technologies Division newsletter, 2003.09 Sustainable Design Education in North America — Metropolis, 2003.09 Architects Tout Cost-Saving "Green" Designs — Las Vegas Business Press, 2003.0829 Trying to Be Green — Needham Times, 2003.0828 Christine Ervin Oversees Fast-Growing U.S. Green Building Council — Con.WEB, 2003.0828 KYOCERA Supplies Solar Village Electrification in Nigeria — KYOCERA press release, 2003.0825 Nature Comes to Five Schools — Detroit news, 2003.0825 Interface Flooring Uses Landfill Emissions for Power — Designare, 2003.0820 Air Quality Experts Solve Sick Building Syndrome Cases — Designare, 2003.0814 City Saves Half-Million with Smart Energy Use — Southface Energy Institute, 2003.0803 Factory Incorporates Complex Mechanical and Environmental Systems — Canadian Architect, 2003.08
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