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HOUSE RECYCLING Depending on your generation, you may have been taught: "Waste not, want not." Thrift is certainly one incentive for deconstructing buildings for reuse. In addition, many of us are motivated by a desire to be environmentally sensitive, a fondness for antiques and other items from the past, a yearning to have more control over the quality of materials used in construction, or a recognition that many of the materials available for salvage are of higher quality than those produced today.
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HOK STRAW BALE For over a decade, straw-bale construction has been growing in popularity among "alternative" house builders. The durable, low-cost, nontoxic, highly insulating, pest-resistant, and potentially structural material is especially practical in hot arid climates. It was used extensively in the treeless grasslands of the U.S. Midwest early in the 20th century.
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LEED GOLD HOSPITAL Because of unusually strict technical, mechanical, and air quality requirements, hospitals are one of the most difficult building types to design sustainably. Yet the Providence Newberg Medical Center by Mahlum Architects has achieved a LEED Gold rating — the first hospital in the United States to do so. It is also the first U.S. hospital to acquire enough renewable electric power to meet all its needs.
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More Environment Learning from the Work — COTEnotes, 2007.0600Green Gone Wild in Vegas — Wall Street Journal, 2007.0530 U.S. Rejects EU Emission Reductions — New York Times, 2007.0529 WHO Urges Smoking Ban in Public Places — Washington Post, 2007.0529 Europe Leads in Designing Buildings That Save Energy — International Herald Tribune, 2007.0529 Building Design Leaders Collaborate to Provide Indoor Air Quality Guidance — American Institute of Architects press release, 2007.0529 Will Warming Lead to a Rise in Hurricanes? — New York Times, 2007.0529 Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina? — New York Times, 2007.0529 Michael Jantzen on His Lean, Green, Origami-Inspired M-House — New Consumer, 2007.0529 Design That Solves Problems for the World's Poor — New York Times, 2007.0529 16 Cities to Get Financing to 'Go Green' — ArchitectOnLine, 2007.0529 Rich Must Pay Bulk of Climate Change Bill - Oxfam — Reuters, 2007.0528 Mining Solar Power in Oregon — HeraldNet, 2007.0528 Climate to Push Up Australian Power Costs — Reuters, 2007.0528 Green Design Catches On in the Valley — The Desert Sun, 2007.0528 Native Centre Rises from Desert — Journal of Commerce, 2007.0528 Schools Considering Going Green to Save on Bills, Teach Students — Washington Post, 2007.0528 Lumen Sheds Light on Urban Mindset — Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0528 Go Green: Work at the Office Not at Home — Telegraph, 2007.0527 The Energy Challenge Needs Engineers — Telegraph, 2007.0527 Green Roofs Not Entirely Understood — Vancouver Sun, 2007.0526 First British Nuclear Clean-Up Contract Goes to America — Telegraph, 2007.0526 NREL Updates National Solar Radiation Database — National Renewable Energy Laboratory press release, 2007.0525 USGBC and ICC Commit to Initiatives to Further Green Practices — U.S. Green Building Council press release, 2007.0525 Costa Rica Aims to Win "Carbon Neutral" Nation Race — The Star (Malaysia), 2007.0525 Green Architects Awarded for Their Work — Houston Chronicle, 2007.0525 'Green' Cottaging Calls for Strategic Thinking — The Globe and Mail, 2007.0525 UK "Living Laboratory" to Train Climate Experts — Reuters, 2007.0524 SBIC Releases Fifth Edition of Green Building Guidelines — Sustainable Building Industry Council press release, 2007.0524 GE Announces New Ecomagination Homebuilder Program — GE press release, 2007.0524 Sustainable Design Key in Manufacturing Facility Expansion — Revitalization Online, 2007.0524 Study: Killer Hurricanes Thrived in Cooler Seas — CNN, 2007.0524 Japan Urges Halving Emissions by 2050 — Sci-Tech Today, 2007.0524 Catching the Winds of Change — Journal of Commerce, 2007.0523 Green Giant — Boston Globe, 2007.0523 Cheaper Solar Power Heads Mainstream — Reuters, 2007.0522 Al Gore Has Big Plans — New York Times, 2007.0520 Lab Contributes to Latest Global Warming Report — The Berkeley Lab View, 2007.0518 Eco-Office Promotes Regenerative Design — AIArchitect, 2007.0518 The Golden Arches Go Green — AIArchitect, 2007.0518
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