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CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY The Center for Neighborhood Technology in Chicago, Illinois, moved into a former textile factory in 1987 and began its second renovation in 2000 to accommodate greater space needs. Designed by architect Jonathan Boyer (now a principal at Farr Associates), the new office space offers an exemplary model of sustainable adaptive reuse that takes advantage of environmentally responsible products and technologies not available in the 1980s.
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The Kubala Washatko Architects faced a real challenge: create a large yet sympathetic addition to a Frank Lloyd Wright landmark. And the First Unitarian Society of Madison, Wisconsin, wanted this new structure to be very green to boot.
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In the United States, there is a huge inventory of unused, underused, and poorly configured buildings, many of them modern-style. These buildings are a valuable resource, and until this resource has been exhausted, the pace and pattern of new building construction seen in the second half of the 20th century is a luxury that is not sustainable.
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More Environment Uber Green Oregon Building Not a Looker — EarthTechling (Blog), 2011.0512DOE Building Guides ‘Can Halve Energy Costs’ — Environmental Leader, 2011.0511 Center for Neighborhood Technology — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0511 How Green Is My Future? — Nature, 2011.0511 Denver's Oakwood Homes Offers Energy-Bill Guarantee — Denver Post, 2011.0510 Liberia and European Union Sign Pact to Curb Illegal Logging — Nature, 2011.0509 Methane Threat to Drinking Water — Nature, 2011.0509 The Year of the Mud: Building a Cob House Documents Green Home Building with Cob — Green Building Elements, 2011.0509 Nuclear Power Plants Cleared of Leukaemia Link — Nature, 2011.0506 The New Faces of Greenwashing (and Their Mothers) — Fast Company, 2011.0505 No Magic Bullet to Prevent Lower Mississippi Valley Flooding — Accuweather.com, 2011.0505 Mississippi River Levee to Be Breached for Third Time — BBC, 2011.0505 6 Questions to Ask before Signing a 'Green Lease' — Small Business Trends, 2011.0505 Worries Rise Along with Mississippi River — KTBS, 2011.0505 Environment, Tea Party Protests Target Duke Energy — Times Union, 2011.0505 Govt to Decide on Evacuees Return in Early 2012 — Nature, 2011.0505 Storm Warning — Nature, 2011.0505 Developers Face Green Overload in Designing Cities — Globe St, 2011.0504 Enviro-Friendly Construction Cheaper Long-Term — Toronto Star, 2011.0504 Heat Waves Putting Pressure on Nuclear Power's Outmoded Cooling Technologies — Reuters, 2011.0504 Heat Waves Putting Pressure on Nuclear Power's Outmoded Cooling Technologies — Reuters, 2011.0504 Climate Scientists Told to 'Stop Speaking in Code' — Associated Press, 2011.0504 Renewable Energies to Leap, Costs Fall: U.N. — Reuters, 2011.0504 Demand for Gasoline in U.S. Continues to Decline — Associated Press, 2011.0504 UN Renewables 'Bible' Says Clean Energy Can Outstrip Demand — Bloomberg, 2011.0504 Sarah Palin Defends Oil Subsidies: "We're Only Talking about $4 Billion" a Year — Climate Progress, 2011.0504 Defending the Atmosphere, Part 1 — Climate Progress, 2011.0504 Review of 2084: An Oral History of the Great Warming — Climate Progress, 2011.0504 Limits on Biomass Energy Proposed — Boston Globe, 2011.0504
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