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WE CAN'T IGNORE CLIMATE CHANGE At a Clean Energy Economy Forum at the White House on October 7, 2009, J. Wayne Leonard, the chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy company based in New Orleans, spoke about the urgency of addressing climate change. —Editor
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When Portola Valley, California sought an updated, seismically safer civic complex, the existing mid-20th-century wood-and-concrete-block campus was deconstructed and its parts repurposed, along with other salvaged components, to create a sustainable new facility on another portion of the site. The resulting Portola Valley Town Center is targeted for LEED Platinum certification and was named one of the Top Ten Green Projects for 2009 by the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE).
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Dear ArchitectureWeek, Seeing them as pure object form in the landscape, a poignant aesthetic of contrasts entwines these manmade elements with their landscape — muscular diversion canal snaking improbably high along the canyon walls, diminished river following below — huge steel penstock tubes dropping hundreds of feet from some apparently random spot on the hillside — the two round generators themselves, framed by their own dedicated traveling crane, bridging over the outwash beneath, loud rushing to rejoin the native waters.
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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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More Environment Tension over Timber — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1021We Can't Ignore Climate Change — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1021 Radical Green — Metropolis, 2009.1021 Despite Economic Slump, U.S. Adds 1,649 MW of Wind Energy in Third Quarter — Earth and Industry, 2009.1021 Cambodia Is 'Victim' of Climate Change — UPI, 2009.1020 16 Cities That Are Leading the Way in the Climate Change Fight — Streetblog, 2009.1020 Global Warming Could Spur Growth in Northwest Forests -- Study — New York Times, 2009.1020 EU Climate Change Talks Break Down — Irish Times, 2009.1020 No EU Agreement on Climate Change Funding — RTE News, 2009.1020 New Orleans Recovery Creates World's 'Biggest Green Community' — Edie, 2009.1020 8 South Asian Nations Resist Binding Emission Cuts — New York Times, 2009.1020 Nudging Recycling from Less Waste to None — New York Times, 2009.1020 Sustaining Our Region, Designing for Livability — Northwest Hub, 2009.1020 Creating 1.7 Million Clean Energy Jobs to Drive Economic Recovery — The Energy Collective, 2009.1020 Bamboo to Sustain Life — Business World, 2009.1020 Thornburg Campus Achieves LEED Gold — New Mexico Business Weekly, 2009.1020 German Students Win 2nd Straight Solar Decathlon — Reuters, 2009.1020 Green (LEED) Stadiums — Bleacher Report, 2009.1019 How to Pass the LEED AP Exam in Three (Not-so-Easy) Steps — Hospitality Design, 2009.1019 Glasgow Eco Home — Telegraph, 2009.1019 in Architecture, Addition Doesn’T Have to Be Subtraction — New Haven Register, 2009.1018 Toyota Pursues Shorter-Range Plug-in - That's Smart. — Climate Progress (blog), 2009.1016 Nashville Creates a Green Street — Local Action Blog, 2009.1016 In the DOE's Solar Decathlon, Gel Walls and Convertible Rooms — Popular Science, 2009.1016 Urban Renewal Project Focuses on Sustainability — Indianapolis Star, 2009.1015 Retrofitting Suburbia — EcoHome, 2009.1015 College Green Building Teams Compete in 'Solar Decathlon' — USA Today, 2009.1014 Modular Building Designs Take Top Prize in Lifecycle Building Challenge Awards — Greener Buildings, 2009.1013 United States: Glossary of Key Climate Change Terms — Mondaq, 2009.1013 Madagascar's Wood Exports Stir Debate — New York Times, 2009.1013 More Companies Turning to the Sun in an Effort to Lower Their Energy Costs — New Jersey Business News, 2009.1012 "Carbon War Room" Takes Aim at Shipping — New York Times, 2009.1012 Riding China's Green Wave — New York Times, 2009.1012 Energy Star Windows Moving to EPA — Window and Door, 2009.1009 Green, Convenient and Wallet-Friendly — New York Times, 2009.1009
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