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In the American South, a region that tends to laud its heritage, modern can be a hard sell. A residential client often hears neighborhood fears that a new modern dwelling will look "chilly" and won't fit in. RainShine House by architect Robert M. Cain answers those concerns. Built near downtown Decatur, Georgia, part of metro Atlanta, the LEED Platinum-certified home is bright, welcoming, treads lightly on its site, and respects its neighbors.
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When the Forest Stewardship Council rolled out the world's first "green" wood certification label in 1993, the organization quickly rallied big-box retailers like Home Depot to the cause. The largest do-it-yourself home improvement chain in the United States became a founding member of the FSC and publicly announced that it would soon ensure all of its products came from certified sources.
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Dear ArchitectureWeek, Inside and outside, this building comes across initially as nice, but seemingly a bit buttoned down, handsome yet perhaps a bit conventional in affect.
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More Environment Massachusetts Rules Blamed for Outdated Water Runoff Systems — New York Times, 2009.0917Wanted: A Chief Scientist for Europe — Nature, 2009.0917 Global Warming May Bring Tsunami and Quakes: Scientists — Reuters, 2009.0917 The Benefits of Green Building and Retrofits — Reuters, 2009.0916 Building Sustainable Supply Chains — Manufacturer's Monthly, 2009.0916 Critics Say Australia Forgot about Efficiency — New York Times, 2009.0916 A New Way to Turn Plastic into Fuel? — New York Times, 2009.0916 Debating Protectionism on Renewable Energy — New York Times, 2009.0916 North American Coalition Pushes for Refrigerant Curb — Nature, 2009.0916 Climate Change Warning from Greenland — Nature, 2009.0916 Ocean Surfaces Have Warmest Summer on Record, US Report Finds — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0916 Green Bat House Opens — Green Building Press, 2009.0915 Better Place Unveils Electric-Car Software — New York Times, 2009.0915 New Federal Plan for Fish-Dam Harmony — New York Times, 2009.0915 Schwarzenegger Orders Renewables Goal — New York Times, 2009.0915 Obama Proposes Greenhouse-Gas Standards for Vehicles — Nature, 2009.0915 Metro Says Portland Area Has Room to Grow inside Current Urban Boundary — Oregonian, 2009.0915 Why Green Is Good Even in Today's Economy — Green and Save, 2009.0915 Something for Nothing — E-Magazine, 2009.0915 Global Warming Could Cool N. America in a Few Decades? — Climate Ark, 2009.0914 Aria and Vdara Hotels Earn LEED Gold — PR Newswire, 2009.0914 A Cheap Fix for Climate: Retrofitting — New York Times, 2009.0914 EPA to Propose Ways to Cut Car Emissions — USA Today, 2009.0914 Sustainable Cities Are the Solution — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0913 France Unveils Carbon Tax — Nature, 2009.0911 New York City Braces for Risk of Higher Seas — Wall Street Journal, 2009.0911 President Obama Seeks LEED Certification for the White House — Sierra Club, 2009.0910 A Lesson in Sustainability — EDC, 2009.0910 5 Steps to a Higher LEED Certification — EDC, 2009.0910 Welcome to Earth's ‘New’ Ocean: The Arctic — New York Times, 2009.0910 The Nauhaus: Out to Save the World — World Changing (blog), 2009.0910 The (Not so) Hidden Costs of Crude — New York Times, 2009.0909 Green House in Georgia — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0909 Google Plans New Mirror for Cheaper Solar Power — Reuters, 2009.0909 Winners of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classrooms — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.0909 People Power — Nature, 2009.0908
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