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"The only viable way to accept the gift and meet the challenge of longevity is to match the dramatic transformation of the 20th century that made it possible to grow old, with an equally dramatic and fundamentally new way of being old." — Kathryn Lawler, welcoming the Lifelong Communities Charrette Team, February 2009 (Published 2012.0829)
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Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) is a method of air conditioning the space by supplying the air from the floor, using natural buoyancy forces to lift it to the ceiling, as opposed to the conventional systems, which supply air from the ceiling down to the occupants, working against the natural forces of buoyancy. (Published 2012.0725)
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Environment and Design Context Around the Web A Taste of Bay Area Green — Metropolis, 2012.0919Moving to Eliminate Energy Consumption — Metropolis, 2012.0918 How Future Urban Sprawl Maps Out — Nature (registration required), 2012.0918 Italian Architect Designs World's Biggest Vertical Garden — Associated Foreign Press, 2012.0918 CarbonCure Makes Concrete Go Green ‘without Compromise’ — Financial Post, 2012.0917 Tale of Two Maps — Metropolis, 2012.0912 Villa ÅKarp: A Super-Efficient Home with Surplus Energy — Mother Nature Network, 2012.0911 Earthships at Home in Their Environment — Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2012.0911 Solar House 2.0, Barcelona — Wired, 2012.0910 Home Is Super-Insulated, Technologically Advanced — The Westerly Sun, 2012.0910 Cambridge, Ontario City Hall Gets LEED Gold Certification — DesignBuild Source (Canada), 2012.0910 Consequences of Widespread Tree Mortality Triggered by Drought and Temperature Stress — Nature, 2012.0909 Desert Diversity Cut by 'Human Activities' — BBC News, 2012.0907 Nudge Tactics 'No Magic Bullet' — BBC News, 2012.0906 Durst Tower to Give Green a New Shade — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0905 Fish Trawling Reshapes Deep-Sea Canyons — Nature (registration required), 2012.0905 Buffalo Cleans Up from Dirty Industrial Past — NPR, 2012.0901 Playing Catch Up: Fruits of Their Labor — Mother Nature Network, 2012.0831 Hurricane Isaac Caps Off America's Summer of Extreme Weather — Climate Progress, 2012.0831 First Nuclear Material Is Out of Fukushima — Nature (registration required), 2012.0830 Masters Plan for Mableton — ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0829 Chicago's Merchandise Mart Composts, Aims for LEED Innovation Credit. — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0829 PEMEX Strikes It BIG in Deep Water Gulf of Mexico — gCaptain, 2012.0829 Finding an Avenue for Green Designs — Prague Post, 2012.0829 Actively Passive — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0828 Book Review: Eco House Book — ENN, 2012.0828 to Buy Green or to Be Green? — Sierra Club, 2012.0828 Electric Car Chargers Coming to Capitol Hill — Business Green, 2012.0827 For Climate Change, a Possible Trial Could Echo the Scopes Monkey Case — New York Times, 2012.0827 Designers Set Sail, Turning to Wind to Help Power Cargo Ships — New York Times, 2012.0827
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