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    PLATINUM B-SIDE

    Natural daylight, cooling and ventilating efficiencies, and low-impact material selections helped add up to a USGBC LEED Platinum certification for Building B of the new Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University (ASU). The first LEED Platinum building in Arizona joined the elite green ranks of fewer than 60 LEED Platinum-certified buildings worldwide.

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    ELECTRIC SHED

    Coney Island's Stillwell Avenue Terminal is the largest above-ground station in New York City's subway system. After years of deferred maintenance, the 90-year-old station was redesigned by New York City Transit's in-house design staff. The resulting station, completed in 2006, is about 50 percent new construction, including a new train shed that covers the station's four platforms and eight tracks.

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    21 Projects Honored in Inaugural Lifecycle Building Challenge — AIArchitect, 2007.1005

    Noted Architect to Advise at Green Building Expo — Arizona Republic, 2007.1004

    Australian Fires Add to Fears on Climate Change — New York Times, 2007.1004

    For a Greener Future — Maktoob, 2007.1004

    How Green Is Silicon Valley? — SiliconValley.com, 2007.1003

    Grand Plan for a Farm in the City — Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.1003

    Affordable Apartments in Chicago Obtain LEED Certification — Multi-housing News, 2007.1003

    Priming the Demand for Green Building — World Changing (blog), 2007.1002

    PowerPod Could Enable Eco-Friendly Living 'Off the Grid' — Eagle-Tribune, 2007.1002

    The Green Standard? — Fast Company, 2007.1001

    Green Architecture Propagates Sustainable Living — Economic Times (India), 2007.1001

    More Schools Are Riding an Eco-Friendly Green Wave — Kansas City Star, 2007.1001

    EPA Launches Tool to Help Measure Emissions from Commercial Buildings — Greener Buildings, 2007.1001

    Mass Market for Green Homes Coming? — Renewable Energy Access, 2007.1001

    'Green' Construction Guidelines Go Residential — USA Today, 2007.0930

    Solar Homes Energy Models — Press-Telegram, 2007.0930

    Europeans Angry after Bush Climate Speech 'Charade' — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0929

    For Sale: Pioneering Site, May Be Contaminated by Radiation — Independent Digital, 2007.0929

    Building Green — Forbes, 2007.0928

    Green Monsters — Sustainable Industries, 2007.0928

    Up on the Rooftop — Sustainable Life, 2007.0928

    PREFAB FRIDAY: Resolution 4 Swingline — Inhabitat (blog), 2007.0928

    Sustainable Architecture New Danish Trump Card — Copenhagen Capacity, 2007.0928

    China Warns of Catastrophe from Three Gorges Dam — Reuters, 2007.0926

    Green and Enviable — Portfolio, 2007.0926

    Towards Zero-Carbon — Construction Digital, 2007.0926

    Nonprofits Get Big Green Workspace in Manhattan — ENN, 2007.0926

    The Green Standard? — Fast Company, 2007.0926

    Chickens, Eggs and Green Buildings — Clean Tech, 2007.0925

    Key Ways to Survive the Flood — Boston Globe, 2007.0923

    Nanotechnology Can Make Green Buildings Even Greener, Report Finds — Greener Buildings, 2007.0921

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