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FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSTRUCTING SUSTAINABLY In the new fifth edition of Fundamentals of Building Construction, Allen and Iano set a new benchmark by incorporating sustainability issues into a mainstream construction textbook, section by section, as in this concise overview from the first chapter. We also look forward to a future edition of their outstanding book in which appropriate sustainability considerations have penetrated every topic and page. — the Editors
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What of the middle scale — the ten- to 40-acre (four- to 16-hectare) shopping centers with two or more anchors? What kind of impacts and communities can retrofits build at this scale?
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More Environment Housing Co-Operative Launches Zero-Carbon Housing Programme — Your Renewable News, 2009.0410Portland Buildings Coming Up Green — Dexigner, 2009.0410 The Master Builder Cuts Loose — New York Times, 2009.0409 Energy Outlook 2050: Lower Carbon, but Not so Renewable — New York Times, 2009.0408 Renewables Fever Sweeps State Legislatures — New York Times, 2009.0408 Storing Carbon in Forests — Nature, 2009.0408 Empire State Building Plans Environmental Retrofit — New York Times, 2009.0407 Of Renewable Energy and Antarctica — New York Times, 2009.0407 G.M. And Segway Unveil ... Something — New York Times, 2009.0407 Are "Cash-for-Clunkers" Programs Green? — New York Times, 2009.0406 Europe Adopts New Rules on Gadget Adapters — New York Times, 2009.0406 Making the Most of Sun and Water in Rural India — New York Times, 2009.0406 UK Climate Policy Not Up to Scratch, Warns CBI — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0406 Plants Buy Earth More Time as CO2 Makes Them Grow — The Times (UK), 2009.0405 Ice Bridge Ruptures in Antarctic — BBC News, 2009.0405 With the Car Industry in Trouble, Nissan Rolls Out the Mobile Device — New York Times, 2009.0405 Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Are Unlikely to Reduce Warming — New York Times, 2009.0403 The Great Biodiesel Shutdown — Independent Digital, 2009.0403 Oregon in Running for Norwegian Car Plant — Oregonian, 2009.0403 Road to Recovery — Nature, 2009.0402 No Time to Retreat — Nature, 2009.0402 Under the Hood with Nissan's Electric Car — Green Tech Media, 2009.0402 The Baltimore Green Guide — Urbanite Baltimore, 2009.0401 The Greening of Pittsburgh — New York Times, 2009.0401 The Breakout Facade — EDC, 2009.0401 Material Decisions — EDC, 2009.0401 The Comparatively Green Urban Jungle — New York Times, 2009.0401 Boston, Other Cities Debate Hybrid Taxis — New York Times, 2009.0401 Democrats Unveil Climate Bill — New York Times, 2009.0401 The Cost of Building Green — Reed Construction Data, 2009.0331 Report Calls for Shift in Climate Research — Nature, 2009.0326 Carbon Calm — Nature, 2009.0326
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