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SWEETWATER CREEK Like many other buildings that receive the coveted Platinum-level LEED certification, the Sweetwater Creek State Park Visitors Center, near Lithia Springs, Georgia, features numerous energy conservation measures and has a roof full of photovoltaic cells to generate electricity.
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BIG RIPPLES Magic in architecture often occurs when the client presents the architect with clear criteria and formidable challenges and when, rather than engineer around obstacles, the designer embraces the challenges as opportunities to enrich the project. Such was the case with the Heifer International Center, in Little Rock, Arkansas, designed by Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects. The result is a building that meets the client's needs with stellar design and an anticipated LEED-Gold rating.
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GREEN SCHOOL ECONOMICS When architects are asked to articulate the economic benefits of "green" buildings, they may say something like: "they may cost more in construction than conventional buildings but will more than make up the difference in the long run." This claim seems reasonable, but how do we know it's accurate?
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More Environment China Eases Hostility over Climate Crisis — New Zealand Herald, 2007.0426Bees Vanish, and Scientists Race for Reasons — New York Times, 2007.0424 Pop-Up Cities: China Builds a Bright Green Metropolis — Wired, 2007.0424 Architects Name 10 Best 'Green' Buildings — MSNBC, 2007.0424 First Mission to Explore Those Wisps in the Night Sky — New York Times, 2007.0424 U.N. Panel to Lay Out Steps on Warming — New York Times, 2007.0424 NASA Releases 3D Images of Sun — New York Times, 2007.0424 Devil Is in Details of Carbon Cap System — MSNBC, 2007.0424 Jason of Cascadia: Green Warrior — Healthy Building News, 2007.0424 China to Top USA in Greenhouse Emissions — USA Today, 2007.0424 Eco-Prize Winners Shared Vision: Protect Home — MSNBC, 2007.0423 Home Builders Adopt 'Eco-Friendly' Tactics — HTR News, 2007.0423 UO Holds Conference on Sustainability — Oregon Dail Emerald, 2007.0423 Straw House Built to Stand — Buffalo News, 2007.0423 Exelon Flexes Green Power — Chicago Sun-Times, 2007.0423 Bloomberg Draws a Blueprint for a Greener City — New York Times, 2007.0423 Sick Building Syndrome — Health24, 2007.0423 The Most Earth-Like Planet Yet — Nature, 2007.0423 Want to Get Rich? It's Obvious: Get Green — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2007.0422 A "Green Home" Is More Than a Question of Money — Ashbury Park Press, 2007.0422 Eco-Heaven: A &Pound;500,000 Mud House — U.K. Times, 2007.0422 Power Lines in New Link to Childhood Leukaemia — Telegraph, 2007.0421 The Birthplace of Earth Day Keeps the Faith — The Globe and Mail, 2007.0421 Norway Aims for Zero-Carbon Status, All Emissions Offset by 2050 — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0421 Reliance on Coal Sullies 'Green the Capitol' Effort — Washington Post, 2007.0421 Buildings Going Green, Bigger and Taller — Toronto Star, 2007.0421 Working with an Energy Efficiency Specialist — Building Design, 2007.0420 Living the Dream — Chicago Sun-Times, 2007.0420 House of the Future Gets the Green Light — Hackney Gazette, 2007.0420 Top 10 Ways for Commercial Buildings to Save Energy — BOMA press release, 2007.0420 Housing Project Taps Wood-Waste Energy — Business Edge, 2007.0420 Chicago Housing Complex Wins Green Design Award — AIArchitect, 2007.0420 Biomass Heat System Scrapped — Vancouver Sun, 2007.0418 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood — CoStar, 2007.0418 Bill That Would Mandate Green Building Standards Advances — San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0418 Second Homes + Golf = a Worldwide Phenomenon — New York Times, 2007.0418 Md. Students Harness Solar Power in House of the Future — Southern Maryland Online, 2007.0417 Buildings Fingered in NYC Carbon Inventory — Architectural Record, 2007.0416 £67M Eden Project Will Show Perils of Warmer World — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0415 COTE Top Ten Green Buildings — AIArchitect, 2007.0413 Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects Design Sustainable Homes — World Architecture News, 2007.0412 U.S. EPA Establishes Nation's First Renewable Fuel Standard — Renewable Energy Access, 2007.0411 City Buildings Contribute to Emissions Problem, Report Says — Columbia Journalist, 2007.0409
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