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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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More Environment Autodesk's Massachusetts Division Headquarters Awarded LEED-CI Platinum Certification — AZoBuild, 2009.1113A World Awaits Us: The Copenhagen Conference Building Boom — Building (UK), 2009.1113 Record-High U.S. Temps Outpace Record Lows: Study — ABC News, 2009.1112 Renovated MU Strikes Gold with LEED Certification — ASU News, 2009.1110 EPA Marks One Million Energy Star Homes Built in the United States — EPA Press Release, 2009.1110 Autodesk Green Building Studio Adds More Than a Million Global Weather Locations — Autodesk Press Release, 2009.1110 Environmental Agency Warns 2 Staff Lawyers over Video Criticizing Climate Policy — New York Times, 2009.1110 Financing Challenges for Geothermal Power — New York Times, 2009.1110 Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash — New York Times, 2009.1109 Brazilian Wind Power Gets a Boost — New York Times, 2009.1109 Universities Look for Heat Underground — New York Times, 2009.1109 Straw Might Be the Building Material of the Future — , 2009.1109 Solar Power Goes Underground — msnbc, 2009.1109 Passive Houses a Growing Trend in Marin — Marin Independent-Journal, 2009.1108 Ecosystem in Peru Is Losing a Key Ally — New York Times, 2009.1108 Britain's Nuclear Strategy Threatens Destruction of Kalahari — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1108 Building on a Green Foundation — Arizona Republic, 2009.1107 Stanbrook Abbey, a Sustainable Monastery — Tainted Green, 2009.1107 Empire State Building Goes Green the Retro Way — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.1106 Geoengineering Being Discussed in Washington — ENN, 2009.1106 Defining 'Sustainable' Palm Oil Production — New York Times, 2009.1106 Conversations for Change on Smart Cities — Chicago Tribune, 2009.1106 Landscapes Now Get 'Green' Ratings — USA Today, 2009.1105 The Green Building Market and Impact Report 2009 — Greener Buildings, 2009.1105 The Greening of Willis Tower: Rooftop Gardens Part of Plan to Improve Efficiency — Chicago Tribune, 2009.1105 New Orleans in the Forefront of a Green Building Revolution — Christian Science Monitor, 2009.1104 Together Forever — Wasington City Paper, 2009.1104 US Scales Down Hopes of Global Climate Change Treaty in Copenhagen — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1104 Senate Trio to Pursue Separate Climate Talks — Washington Post, 2009.1104 Green Beliefs Win Legal Protection — Independent Digital, 2009.1104 Gore's Dual Role: Advocate and Investor — New York Times, 2009.1103 Gore's Dual Role: Advocate and Investor — New York Times, 2009.1102 Cambridge City Hall — EDC, 2009.1101 The Climate Change Game — Nature, 2009.1029
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