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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 Perkins+Will Unveils Its Precautionary List — Perkins+Will Press Release, 2009.1103Gore’S Dual Role: Advocate and Investor — New York Times, 2009.1103 Deck the Halls with LED — ZDNet, 2009.1103 Taipei 101, Siemens Team Against Climate — China Post, 2009.1103 BPN Sustainability Award Winners Announced — Architecture & Design (Australia), 2009.1103 Pearl District Wins Award for Brownfield Redevelopment — Oregonian, 2009.1102 Gore’S Dual Role: Advocate and Investor — New York Times, 2009.1102 High Entropy? Moi? — World Changing (blog), 2009.1102 California's Green Building Super Heroes — Mother Nature Network, 2009.1102 The Complex Interactions of Fire and Environmental Sustainability. — NFPA Journal, 2009.1102 Green University: Saudi Arabia's KAUST with Eco-Friendly Environment — Clean Techies, 2009.1102 E.P.A. Lawyers Challenge "Cap and Trade" for Climate — New York Times, 2009.1102 Are Meetings in Barcelona and Copenhagen "Make or Break" for Climate? — New York Times, 2009.1102 Old Ships Exempt from New Pollution Rules — New York Times, 2009.1102 Portland Establishes Climate Action Plan — New York Sun, 2009.1102 Brazil Mulls Major Climate Action — Nature, 2009.1102 The Melting Snows of Kilimanjaro — Nature, 2009.1102 Native American Culture Sowed Seeds of Its Own Collapse — Nature, 2009.1102 Satellite Launches to Track the World's Water — Nature, 2009.1102 Debate Flares on Limits of Nature and Commerce in Parks — New York Sun, 2009.1101 Solar Power from Sahara a Step Closer — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1101 Architects' Headquarters Gets "Green" Seal of Approval — Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2009.1031 Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation — New York Sun, 2009.1030 Wrangle over How to Pay Greenhouse Gas Bill — Financial Times, 2009.1029 Design Green Awards Elevate Sustainable Architecture in California — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1029 PSU Eager to Share Resource — DJC Oregon, 2009.1028 Sealing Climate Treaty 'Impossible': UN — Associated Foreign Press, 2009.1028 Climate Change Will Devastate Africa, Top UK Scientist Warns — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1028 Solar Decathlon 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1028 SeaShelter - Submersible Shelter Rides the Tides — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1027 Obama Plans Big Smart Grid Announcement — Reuters, 2009.1026
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