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SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PROTOTYPES At the United Nations Habitat World Urban Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June 2006, Living Steel announced the results of its International Competition for Sustainable Housing. Living Steel is a consortium of steel companies and associations that has teamed with the UN to find solutions to worldwide housing shortages.
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VINYL: ANY COLOR BUT GREEN In the debate over the "greenness" of building materials, vinyl has become a divisive topic. The U.S. Green Building Council conducted what it termed an exhaustive study of the environmental impact of vinyl and decided to drop recommendations to avoid the use of vinyl in its LEED certification program. As a result, the USGBC has found itself at odds with some environmental groups.
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More Environment Car-less In Seattle — Planetizen, 2006.0719Green Building 101: Materials and Resources, Part I — Inhabitat, 2006.0719 Oregon Architect Beats Heat with Radiant Cooling — GreenBiz, 2006.0719 Green Building Summit Set for October — Pittsburgh Business Times, 2006.0717 Crop Cul-de-Sac — Metropolis, 2006.0717 Recycling, Reuse Lead Building Innovations — Blue Ridge Business Journal, 2006.0717 Forever Green — Vancouver Sun, 2006.0715 Department of Homeland Security Facility Achieves Leed Gold — Gensler press release, 2006.0714 The Dubai Dilemma — World Architecture News, 2006.0714 First LEED-Certified Airport Terminal — Boston — SustainableBusiness.com, 2006.0713 Reading Between The Lies: One Industry's Attack On LEED — Healthy Building News, 2006.0712 Using Nature to Design Our Future — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2006.0711 Sun-Powered Homes — Malaysian Star, 2006.0711 Green Roofs a Cool Way — New York Daily News, 2006.0710 Persian Gulf Building Boom Takes Toll on Nature — MSNBC, 2006.0710 Smart Money Eyes Climate Change — ZD Net, 2006.0710 Company Building Earth Homes in Midland to Test Market — Midland Reporter-Telegram, 2006.0709 Green Office Furniture Showroom Opens — Infolink, 2006.0707 New Alsop Building Set for Green Retrofit — BD Online, 2006.0707 Full Brick for an Energy Efficient Home — Infolink, 2006.0707 California Targets Formaldehyde in Panel Products — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0705 Buildings that Connect People with Nature — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0705 Unintended Consequences of Overdesign — Greener Buildings, 2006.0701 Spain to 'Grow' Recyclable Construction Material — Washington Post, 2006.0629
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