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Nestled into a hillside near Asheville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center is projected to use 75 percent less energy than a comparable conventionally designed facility. Trombe walls, a planted roof, bioswales, daylighting, a high-efficiency mechanical energy-recovery system, and other "green" features add up to make this National Park Service facility a contender for LEED Gold certification.
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In ArchitectureWeek No. 377, in Tackling Climate Change, we took a reality check on the level of challenge embodied in established targets for reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Then in ArchitectureWeek No. 378, on April 30, 2008, we announced a new call to action for architecture firms across the United States and around the world.
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Just about a year ago, Al Gore rocked the national AIA Convention in San Antonio with a climactic final keynote address, and received a prolonged standing ovation from thousands of architects who had lined up for hours to get in. Gore expressed the compelling case on global climate change, anchoring the powerful presentation with this silver spur to action for design professionals:
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More Environment It's Alive: The Growth of Living Walls — BD, 2008.0613Net Zero Homes Come to the Annex — The Globe and Mail, 2008.0613 Healthy Ambitions — Sustainable Life, 2008.0612 Additions and Renovations Continue — Michigan Live, 2008.0612 Trash to Energy Vaporizer Gets Nod from Committee — Ottawa Sun, 2008.0611 Building Green and Building Codes — Helena I.R., 2008.0610 Slums Offer Surprising Hope for Tomorrow's Urban World — CNN, 2008.0610 Academies Urge Action on Climate and Health — New York Times, 2008.0610 Following the Trail of Our Business Carbon Footprints — Birmingham Post, 2008.0610 LEED Is Future of Industrial Building — Globe St, 2008.0610 From Russia with Shrub — Sourcewire, 2008.0610 Conversations from Dwell on Design LA 2008 — Triple Pundit, 2008.0609 Green Building: It's Not Pretty, but It Runs Clean — WBCSD, 2008.0609 Unsustainable Seattle — Crrosscut, 2008.0609 Studio 804 Earns Leed Platinum Rating for Greensburg Arts Center — Infozine, 2008.0609 Nation's Tallest Sustainable Skyscraper Rises 975 Feet — CSE Magazine, 2008.0609 Expanding Impact of Building Performance — Indianapolis Star, 2008.0608 Eco-Chic: Greening the Cities of Tomorrow — CNN, 2008.0606 Maverick Mayor: 'Eco-Architecture Not Ego-Architecture!' — CNN, 2008.0606 "Too Late" to Save Pacific Island Nation from Submersion — Nature, 2008.0606 Double Standards Hamper Green Building — Mortgage 101, 2008.0606 Calgary Achieves Gold for Greenest Building — CBC, 2008.0605 Burj Al-Taqa: "Self-Sufficient" Skyscraper Design — Gizmag, 2008.0605 Can Green Buildings Save India from Going Grey? — Economic Times, 2008.0605 Climate Crisis Puts Pressure on Designers — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2008.0604 The “Local Water” Movement Arrives — Urbanite, 2008.0604 Environmental Nature Center Opens in Newport Beach — ENC Press Release, 2008.0604 Lighting an Efficient Future, Minus the Mercury — World Changing (blog), 2008.0603 Pioneers Show Americans How to Live "Off-Grid" — Planet Ark, 2008.0603 Living within Our Means — The Age, 2008.0527
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