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ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER IN GEORGIA Architects designing educational centers for environmental organizations bear a special responsibility to make their medium part of the message. The new Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center (GEHC) in Buford, Georgia, designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent, is a lesson in itself about energy and water conservation.
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REMODELING NATURALLY Many people start a home remodeling project by designing an addition and selecting finish materials. But if your goal is to live in harmony with nature, you need to begin with something more basic: a personal strategy for weaving your needs together with the natural elements available at your site.
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BUILDING POTENTIAL In the rolling hills just east of Austin, Texas, a small compound of experimental buildings makes up the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS). Here, Pliny Fisk III, his partner Gail Vittori, and a cadre of researchers and interns explore the depths of sustainable building.
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More Environment Skyscraper as Role Model — ABC News, 2007.0307Big Homebuilders Lag on Green Building — New York Times, 2007.0307 Green Roofs: Building for the Future — Alternet, 2007.0306 Scientists Study Earth's Missing Crust — New York Times, 2007.0306 Building a Greener Future — Duke University Press Release, 2007.0306 Green Building Plants a New Image in Cityscape — Rocky Mountain News, 2007.0306 Blue Ribbon Blueprint — News & Observer, 2007.0306 Asian Air Pollution Affects Storms over Pacific — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0306 Brazil Biofuel Program Has Environmental Risks, Opportunities — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0306 Debate Heats Up over Green Fund Fee — Maryland Daily Record, 2007.0306 China's Wen Stresses Green Growth, Rural Welfare — Washington Post, 2007.0306 NREL Scientists Win Prize for Super-Efficient Solar Cells — National Renewable Energy Laboratory press release, 2007.0306 Green Building Tour: Green Building Surfaces — GreenOptions, 2007.0305 VIA's Carbon-Free Computing — World Changing, 2007.0305 Hurdle for Green Rules on House Renovation — The Age, 2007.0305 First Green Building Rates Gold — Boston Globe, 2007.0304 Nobel Nominee Says Global Warming a Human Rights Issue — Scotsman Online, 2007.0304 Studio Built with Straw Is Showplace of Green — Flint Journal, 2007.0304 Solar Home Lets in the Sun — OC Register, 2007.0303 Virtual Tours Could Help Build Better Policy Decisions. — Nature, 2007.0302 Australia's First Wave Power Plant Ready to Roll — MSNBC, 2007.0302 Pittsburgh Evolves through Environmental Development — Revitalization Online, 2007.0301 N.Y. Architects Go Green in Rebuilding New Orleans's Ninth Ward — New York Sun, 2007.0301 The Energy Challenge: Pioneering Green Pays Off — EDC, 2007.0301 Pella Corporation Earns Energy Efficiency Recognition — Pella Corporation press release, 2007.0301 European Lighting Industry Agrees to Push Energy-Saving Bulbs — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0301 DOE and EPA Recognize Whirlpool with Energy Star Award — Whirlpool Corporation press release, 2007.0301 ASHRAE: LEED Needs Integrated Teamwork — Arab Business, 2007.0301 Germany's Solarworld Plans Largest Solar Energy Plant in US — Jurnalo, 2007.0301 B.C. Unwraps Energy Plan — Financial Post, 2007.0228 Making Your Second Home Green — New York Times, 2007.0228 "Change Your Bulbs," Moscow Tells Residents — Reuters, 2007.0228 Tax Breaks Proposed for Landowners Who Offer Habitats — Great Falls Tribune, 2007.0228 Feel Right at Home While Going Green — Denver Post, 2007.0228 Green Building Design Challenge — Earth Times, 2007.0228 USGBC Punts on PVC — Modern Plastics, 2007.0228 U.S. Green Building Council to Purchase First Green Bonds — G Net, 2007.0228 GBI Shares Climate Change Calculator with Green Community — EDC, 2007.0227 Cardboard Tents: A Triumph of Green Entrepreneurship — Independent Digital, 2007.0226 Britain's First Custom-Built Green Estate — Independent Digital, 2007.0225 The New Kitchen Is Done. So Why Can't I Be Happy? — New York Times, 2007.0222
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