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    MODERNIZING MODERN

    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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    The Real Lessons of Carmageddon — Climate Progress (blog), 2011.0720

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    Blair Towns Apartments Earn LEED Platinum — Green Building Elements (Blog), 2011.0718

    Heat Wave Plunges Much of U.S. Into a Deep Fryer — Reuters, 2011.0716

    Cost of LEED Buildings in India: 6 Ways to Control Costs — Greener Buildings (Blog), 2011.0716

    Solar Power for Darker Times — New York Times, 2011.0715

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    The Significant Role of Forests in Regulating Global Climate — ENN, 2011.0715

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    A Few Perspectives on Energy Storage — Clean Techies, 2011.0714

    Energy Star Adds "Most Efficient" Designation for Products — EPA Press Release, 2011.0714

    Soil Microbes Accelerate Global Warming — Science Daily, 2011.0714

    Botanical Research Center LEED Platinum — Property Magazine, 2011.0713

    The Greenest House in Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz Patch, 2011.0713

    Drought Spreads Its Pain Across 14 States — New York Times, 2011.0712

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    Ambitious Urban Redesign in Hamburg — Mother Nature Network (Blog), 2011.0711

    GGC Opens Student Center — Atlanta Real Estate, 2011.0711

    In the Eye of the Storm — China Daily, 2011.0711

    Oman EcoHouse Design Contest 
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