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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 Let's Get Vertical — Common Ground, 2007.0606Vatican Plans to Tap Solar Energy — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0605 Biosphere 2 Sold to Home Developer — New York Times, 2007.0605 Green Start for Grand House — The Record, 2007.0605 World Environment Day's Hot Topic — Javno, 2007.0605 Japan Floats Idea of Industry Energy Benchmarks — Reuters, 2007.0605 Climate Change to Hit Bangladesh Food Output -Experts — Reuters, 2007.0605 Green Building Trend Grows — Inside Bay Area, 2007.0605 Green Building: The Foam Home — Arizona Republic, 2007.0604 Architects Tap the Sun's Energy — Tampa Bay Business Journal, 2007.0604 Ecobuild America & AEC-ST Enjoys Successful First Visit to Anaheim — EDC, 2007.0604 U.N. Warns of Effects of Global Thaw — New York Times, 2007.0604 Life Is Greener on the Retirement Side for Village People — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0603 Power Groups Get Carbon Billions — U.K. Times, 2007.0603 Eco-Friendly Cars Make Waves in Japan Ahead of G-8 Summit — Driving, 2007.0603 Recycling Mine Tailings into 'Green' Tiles — Sacramento Bee, 2007.0603 Big Solar's Day in the Sun — CNN, 2007.0603 Better to Work with Nature to Get Your Dream 'Green' House — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0602 Abuse and Incompetence in Fight Against Global Warming — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0602 Making Water from Thin Air — Yuba Net, 2007.0602 SmithGroup's Renewable Energy Facility Achieves LEED Platinum — AIArchitect, 2007.0601 Gensler Achieves First LEED-Silver Auto Dealership — AIArchitect, 2007.0601 Meet the People of Super Sustainable Community Springhill — New Consumer, 2007.0601 Eco-Architecture Takes Hold in Asia — Wall Street Journal, 2007.0601 Group Warns Russia Nuclear Dump Unstable — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0601 Sustainable Buildings Standard to Define Green Buildings — Cadalyst, 2007.0601 Sustainability Shines through Interior Designs. — Business Edge, 2007.0601 Obama Would Restore Environmental Regulations Bush Rolled Back — Quad Cities, 2007.0601 Beijing to Shut Down Heavy Polluters During Games — Boston Globe, 2007.0531 Carbon Credits Are 'Wrong' Says Benn — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0531 UN: Forest Fires Getting Bigger — Los Angeles Times, 2007.0531 Johns Hopkins to Launch Environmental Masters Degree Program — Revitalization Online, 2007.0531 Green Gone Wild in Vegas — Wall Street Journal, 2007.0530 Green Architect Aims High — Recycling Today, 2007.0530 Heading for Carbon Zero: Why Your Next Home Will Be a Green One — New Consumer, 2007.0530 Peruvian Mahogany Logged Illegally, Report Says — Reuters, 2007.0530 Building Design Leaders Collaborate to Provide Indoor Air Quality Guidance — American Institute of Architects press release, 2007.0529 Biofuel Breakthroughs & the Cellulosic Fuels Revolution — Renewable Energy Access, 2007.0528 Schools Considering Going Green to Save on Bills, Teach Students — Washington Post, 2007.0528 Green Roofs Not Entirely Understood — Vancouver Sun, 2007.0526 'Green' Cottaging Calls for Strategic Thinking — The Globe and Mail, 2007.0525 Green Giant — Boston Globe, 2007.0523
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