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Attendees of the 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo had good reason to be excited. Since the conference's debut in 2002 in Austin, Texas, when just over 4,000 people gathered to discuss the importance of sustainable design, Greenbuild has expanded dramatically.
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BRINGING SUSTAINABILITY AND URBANISM TOGETHER There are numerous benefits to fusing sustainable development and urban development concepts. Moreover, pedestrian-oriented, urbanist-project approaches have been vigorously embraced by many environmental groups. It is not, however, intuitively obvious to everyone why high-density, extensively hardscaped projects would be good for the environment.
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More Environment Habitat for Humanity Goes Green in Portland — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0306Green Center Study Goes to Gerding Edlen — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0305 Are Couch-Potato Shoppers Greener Than Mall Rats? — New York Times, 2009.0304 Global Car Makers Asked to Cut Emissions by Half — New York Times, 2009.0304 Los Angeles Solar Measure Falls Behind — New York Times, 2009.0304 As Earth Day Nears, eBay Shows Its Green Side — New York Times, 2009.0303 Moderate Development Is Tied to Reef Damage — New York Times, 2009.0303 Land Use and Density Affect Fires in Indonesia — New York Times, 2009.0303 On Dr. Seuss' Birthday, Remember the Lorax — US News, 2009.0302 Can a 'Smart Grid' Turn Us on to Energy Efficiency? — CNN, 2009.0302 Storing Solar Power in Salt — New York Times, 2009.0302 Companies Add Chief Sustainability Officers — New York Times, 2009.0302 Unity House Takes LEED Platinum — Jetson Green, 2009.0302 Dead Malls — Sustainable Industries, 2009.0302 Outside Atlanta, a Utopia Rises — New York Times, 2009.0301 Car Crashes to Please Mother Nature — New York Times, 2009.0301 From Tons of Manure, a Growth Industry — New York Times, 2009.0301 Hard Paths to Treaty, U.S. Law on Climate — New York Times, 2009.0301 Learning from Slums — Boston Globe, 2009.0301 Two Habersham Buildings Placed on National Register — Access North GA, 2009.0301 Construction Materials Beyond Recycled — Chain Leader, 2009.0301 Setting "Green" Goals — New York Times, 2009.0227 Scientists: Flaw in Will's Ice Assertions — New York Times, 2009.0227 Obama's Greenhouse Gas Gamble — New York Times, 2009.0227 A Sustained Appetite for Sustainable Homes — Globe and Mail, 2009.0227 A Sustained Appetite for Sustainable Homes — Globe and Mail, 2009.0227 Norway Commits 36 Million Euros to Zero-Carbon Building Research — Energy Efficiency News, 2009.0227 A Green Dream — Sarasota Magazine, 2009.0227 Judson Gets Gold LEED Rating for Weber Academic Center — Daily Herald, 2009.0226 International Polar Year: In from the Cold — Nature, 2009.0225 Housing for Our Changing Climates — Science Alert, 2009.0225 Human Amplification of Drought-Induced Biomass Burning in Indonesia Since 1960 — Nature, 2009.0222 Eco-Friendly Church Addition in North Carolina City — Baptist Standard, 2009.0220 L.A. To Green Streetlights in the Largest LED Retrofit to Date — Greener Buildings, 2009.0219
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