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The sedum roofs of today symbolize performance-oriented green roof design. Like fine-tuned engines, they run on leaner artificial substrates with almost no organic matter; volcanic rock or expanded shale, baked at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit (1093 degrees Celsius), make the substrates lighter and soil depths as thin as possible. They seem to be race cars in the fleet of green roofs — maximum performance paired with minimum weight. The simple soil mixtures and roof sections of the early days of green roofs developed into multilayered complex systems supporting the homogenous surface of succulents. The unkempt and rough gave way to the groomed and cultivated, reminiscent of the unrelenting beauty of agricultural fields.
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More Environment Eco-Architect Espouses Greener Buildings — Village Soup, 2007.1107Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee Appointed — Infozine, 2007.1107 If We Want Green Homes, We Need to Reward the Owners — Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1107 Perkins+Will Announces Support for the 2030 Challenge — OR Web, 2007.1107 Bill Clinton, Green Building Council Launch Effort to Green US Schools — ENN, 2007.1107 How Silicon Valley Could Become the Detroit of Electric Cars — San Jose Mercury News, 2007.1107 VMware's New Open, Energy-Efficient Campus — San Jose Mercury News, 2007.1106 New Asian Cities Pursue Sustainable Design — Architectural Record, 2007.1106 The Greening of Coatings — Professional Roofing, 2007.1106 ShipGreen to Provide Carbon Neutral Shipping — Ad Hoc News, 2007.1106 Landslide Buries Mexican Village — BBC News, 2007.1106 (Mis)Understanding Green Products — BusinessWeek, 2007.1105 Vancouver Builds Olympic Athletes' Village to LEED Standards — Journal of Commerce, 2007.1105 Work Begins on New 'Green' School — BBC News, 2007.1105 Sun Town Planning Its Switch to Solar — The Australian, 2007.1105 Unaffordably GREEN? — Maine Today, 2007.1104 Turf Roof Is a Main Attraction — San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.1104 Less Is More: Energy Efficiency in Alaska — Alaska Report, 2007.1103 Concrete Choices for the Environment — Concrete Contractor, 2007.1102 Winners Close the Life-Cycle Loop — Sustainable Industries, 2007.1102 Nature Nurtured — Building (UK), 2007.1102 A Sustainable Square in the Heart of Seattle — Sustainable Industries, 2007.1102 Pioneering Zero-Zero Building Creates Ultra High Energy Efficiency — AIArchitect, 2007.1102 18 Turbines Produce 56k Bags of Really Good Chips — Jetson Green (blog), 2007.1101 The Art of the Living Roof — Los Angeles Times, 2007.1101 Push to Build "Green" Homes Picks Up Steam — Reuters, 2007.1101 Greenscrapers Are Here — Business Standard, 2007.1031 Are High-Rises Green? — San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2007.1031 Tate II Goes 'Green' without Label — Red and Black, 2007.1031
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