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GREEN SCIENCE IN SALT LAKE CITY The new Meldrum Science Center, certified LEED Platinum, provides an outstanding teaching and laboratory facility for the Westminster College campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. The airy, daylit interior of the four-story, 60,000-square-foot (5,600-square-meter) building provides a fertile matrix for interactive learning about science — in the curriculum and in the building.
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ON 'TRAVEL AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT' News flash: The distance between a residential development location and the metropolitan center is one of the strongest factors influencing how much residents will drive. The density of a neighborhood, in and of itself, turns out to be the weakest of the commonly considered "D" variables, key dimensions of the built environment that influence how — and how much — people move around.
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More Environment Better Energy Codes Now — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.1013C.D.C. Allots Climate Research Money — New York Times, 2010.1012 For Tsunamis, a New Tectonic Suspect — New York Times, 2010.1012 Google Invests in Wind Power Line — NPR, 2010.1012 Foes Outspend Backers of Proposition 23 — New York Times, 2010.1011 Sluggish Economy Curtails Prospects for Building Nuclear Reactors — New York Times, 2010.1011 Land 'Evapotranspiration' Taking Unexpected Turn — Science Daily, 2010.1011 Vancouver Olympic Village Global Darling Despite Being Local Pariah: Architect — Winnipeg Free Press, 2010.1010 Rutgers Discovery Paves Way for Development of Efficient, Inexpensive Plastic Solar Cells — Eureka Alert, 2010.1010 The Green Skyscraper — Energt Collective, 2010.1009 UT Team Building Prototype Home That Aims to Construct a Green Way of Life — Knoxville News Sentinel, 2010.1008 An Every Village, Awash in Misery — New York Times, 2010.1008 Your Next House Could Be Made Out of Corn — Clean Technica, 2010.1007 Rare Melt Key to 'Ring of Fire' — Oxford University, 2010.1007 LEED and the Future of Green Building — Reuters, 2010.1007 Green Building: The Next Generation — The Globe and Mail, 2010.1007 U.S. Says Climate Talks Fail to Make Headway — Reuters, 2010.1006 US Department of Interior Allows First-Ever Solar Energy Projects on Public Lands — ENN, 2010.1006 VW Diesel Passat BlueMotion Hits Almost 75 MPG — Triple Pundit (blog), 2010.1006 R.I. Hall Awarded Gold LEED Certification for Sustainability — Brown Daily Herald, 2010.1006 Businesses Seek Clarity on Climate Goals — New York Times, 2010.1006 U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels — New York Times, 2010.1005 Tracking the 2030 Challenge — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2010.1005 Calif. Anti-Climate Campaign Got Virtually All Its Money from Three Oil Companies — Raw Story, 2010.1005 Green-Homes Builders Have Steep Learning Curve — Syracuse Post-Standard, 2010.1003 The LEED Building Boom in Toronto — BlogTo, 2010.1002 Engineer's Take on Sustainable Construction Goes Against the Green — Oklahoman, 2010.1002 A Symbolic Solar Road Trip to Reignite a Climate Movement — Yale Environment 360, 2010.1001 LumenHAUS: Responsive Architecture at Work — Daily Green, 2010.1001 NYC to Curb Water Runoff with Blue and Green Roofs — Reuters, 2010.0929
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