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In mid-October 2009, twenty teams of engineering and architecture students erected houses on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the biennial Solar Decathlon green building contest. After spending two years designing and building cutting-edge solar houses, the teams — mostly from North America — sought the designation of "most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient" for their structures.
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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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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 Design Green Awards Elevate Sustainable Architecture in California — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1029Solar Decathlon 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1028 SeaShelter – Submersible Shelter Rides the Tides — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1027 CNN Poll: 6 in 10 Back 'Cap and Trade' — CNN, 2009.1027 As Sea Levels Rise, Dutch See Floating Cities — New York Times, 2009.1027 Statisticians Reject Global Cooling — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2009.1026 Statistics Experts Reject Global Cooling Claims — Associated Press, 2009.1026 SOM Wins Competition to Create Beijing’S Sustainable City Center — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1026 Blu Homes Completes Eco-Chalet in Colorado — ENN, 2009.1026 Polar Bears Vs. Development in Alaska — New York Times, 2009.1026 Of Alberta’S Oil Sands and ‘Harmonizing’ Canadian and U.S. Climate Policy — New York Times, 2009.1026 Feud Continues between Wood Certifiers — New York Times, 2009.1026 As Green as You Care to Be — New York Times, 2009.1025 Senate Global Warming Bill Is Seeking to Cushion the Impact on Industry — New York Times, 2009.1025 Campaign Against Emissions Picks Number — New York Times, 2009.1025 Countdown to Copenhagen — Nature, 2009.1024 Biofuel Woes — Nature, 2009.1023 A Design That's a Teaching Tool — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2009.1023 October 23, 2009, 10:30 Am Food Advocates Envision Rooftop Gardens and Vertical Farms — New York Times, 2009.1023 Study Sees Solar Costs Declining — New York Times, 2009.1023 Europe Is Divided over Climate Payments — New York Times, 2009.1023 Test Driving the Electric Ford Focus — New York Times, 2009.1023 Conservationists Laud Poland's Move to Re-Route Controversial Motorway — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1023 $4 Billion to Go Toward Making Houses Green — Baltimore Sun, 2009.1022 Fill It Up with Electricity, Please — New York Times, 2009.1022 Atlanta Botanical Garden Completes $55 Million Green Expansion — Hospitality Design, 2009.1021 Palmdale Parking Lots to Double as Power Plants — Los Angeles Times, 2009.1021 Climate: When the Ice Melts — Nature, 2009.1021 As Time Runs Short for Global Climate Treaty, Nations May Settle for Interim Steps — New York Times, 2009.1021 China-India Deal to Resist Carbon Caps — Financial Times, 2009.1021 Europe Offers to Cut Emissions 95% by 2050 If Deal Reached at Copenhagen — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1021 Grasping for Straw — Joplin Globe, 2009.1020 September Global Surface Temperature Second Warmest Since 1880 — ENN, 2009.1018 No Easy Way Out — Nature, 2009.1015
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