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Richard Cook on Sustainable Architecture (video)
The New Yorker’s Paul Goldberger talks with Richard Cook of Cook + Fox Architects, the designer behind the new Bank of America Tower, the largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world. Cook and Goldberger discuss sustainable architecture, the use of nature in design, and the debates over the LEED standard. Video via The New Yorker Image [...]
Launch of New International Green Building Code Welcomed in Growing Industry
As the average U.S. home size shrinks and buyers look greater efficiency and use of green building products, the likelihood for fraud or misleading claims about the green-ness of those homes rises.
Got Roof? California Utility Leasing Warehouse Roofs for Largest Solar PV Program in US
As part of 500 megawatt solar PV program, SCE awards 200 MW rooftop contract to SunPower.
Down with Fluorescents: Natural Light Benefits Entire Office
Mirjam Münch, from the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory at EPFL in Switzerland compares the quality of lighting conditions in offices that use artificial lighting versus those that use redirected daylight. Munch shows how redirected daylight can help regulate the circadian rhythms of office workers more naturally. via FORA.tv
New US Houses Smaller in 2009 than 2008; First Decline in 30 Years
New research shows homebuyers preferences are undergoing a green shift, including growing demand for smaller homes and energy-efficient features and appliances.
NREL Uses Old Gas Pipelines as Structure in New Building
The National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado has found a way to renew some natural gas pipeline for use in a new building at their Golden campus.
Fighting Desertification by Turning Dunes Into Architcture
Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using bacteria and a surprising construction material: the sand itself.
Kimpton Opens Company’s First LEED-Certified Hotel
More evidence to the adage that the greenest buildings are the ones that are already standing.
All New Starbucks Stores to Be LEED-Certified
Company officials for Starbucks today pledged LED lights for 8,000 existing stores and LEED-certification for all new company-owned stores.
Feds Cut $155 Million Check for Industrial Efficiency Projects
Bulk of DoE funding goes to cogeneration, waste heat, and district energy systems. File this one under “low hanging fruit”. Energy Secretary Steven Chu Tuesday announced the 41 recipients of $155 million in funding for industrial energy efficiency projects (PDF). The bulk of the project money will go to combined heat and power (CHP) and [...]
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