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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 Cathedral Data Center Uses Thermal Energy to Heat 500 Homes — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1202E.P.A. Postpones Ethanol Blend Decision — New York Times, 2009.1201 Idaho Plant Gets Permit with CO2 Limits — New York Times, 2009.1201 Danes Showcase Cycling Culture Ahead of Copenhagen Summit — New York Times, 2009.1201 Trends: Antarctic Climate, Atlantic Hurricanes — New York Times, 2009.1201 Europe Bypassed on Climate Summit — New York Times, 2009.1201 City Hall Aide Is Named Environmental Protection Commissioner in N.Y.C. — New York Times, 2009.1130 New Faces in Top European Climate, Environment and Energy Posts — New York Times, 2009.1130 Spanish Awards Rekindle Old Rivalries — Nature, 2009.1130 The Green Evolution — Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.1128 Living Buildings Could Clean Up the Atmosphere — TG Daily, 2009.1127 National Green Building Code Is in the Works — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2009.1126 Waste Solutions Play Key Role in Green Building — Tree Hugger, 2009.1126 The Business of Green — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1126 The Eye of the Storm — Nature, 2009.1126 Climate Change to Cost Trillions, Say Economists — Associated Foreign Press, 2009.1126 China Joins U.S. In Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions — New York Times, 2009.1126 DuPont's 'Unique' Seaweed Venture Nets DOE Cash — New York Times, 2009.1125 DuPont's 'Unique' Seaweed Venture Nets DOE Cash — New York Times, 2009.1125 Boston Faces Deep Risk from Sea Level Rise — Boston Globe, 2009.1124 USGBC Finds Green Building to Support Nearly 8 Million U.S. Jobs through 2013 — Interior Design, 2009.1124 LEED Silver Mud Island Residence in Memphis — Commercial Appeal, 2009.1124 As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways — New York Times, 2009.1123 One Lab's Trash Becomes a Poorer One's Treasure — Boston Globe, 2009.1123 Some Cities See Rebate Money for Efficient Toilets Drying Up — New York Times, 2009.1123 Carbon Price Insufficient for Green Revolution, Group Warns — New York Times, 2009.1123 New Voices on Climate Change — New York Times, 2009.1123 Thom Mayne's Green Design for 41 Cooper Square, Manhattan — Building Sustainable Design, 2009.1123 Energy and the Environment — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1123
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