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Something New Under the Sun
Parking lots often get short shrift when it comes to innovative project design. There is not much that is inspiring about a parking lot. Owners and developers, however, may soon cover their lots with canopies of solar panels, realizing cost savings by ... 		Sep 18, 2012
11:14:00 AM
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Green Buildings Surviving Disasters
The ability of a building to withstand natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes is not currently taken into account by the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system that ... 		Apr 24, 2012
8:42:00 AM
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Planting Roots for Sustainable Living
They say that old habits die hard. A Connecticut prep school is taking action to ensure that good habits as they pertain to sustainable living are instilled at a young age. Choate Rosemary Hall, in Wallingford, CT, will open the Kohler Environmental ... 		Dec 8, 2011
8:17:00 AM
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Creating an Urban Village
As the world’s population increasingly heads to cities for work, designers are faced with the daunting challenge of creating sustainable dwellings for these new urbanites. Creating sustainable buildings within limited space while maintaining some ... 		Oct 24, 2011
8:40:00 AM
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Computer Servers as Heating Systems
The EPA reports that servers and data centers are responsible for around 1.5 percent of the electricity consumption in the U.S. With the rise of cloud computing, that number is likely to climb in the future. A research paper from Microsoft Research ... 		Jul 27, 2011
8:30:00 AM
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Managing Sustainability Risks via Contract
We’ve written about the challenges of managing green design project risks (subheading “Green Design/Sustainabilit... 		Jul 21, 2011
2:21:00 PM
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Sun-Powered High-Speed Rail
Progress was made in Europe on the transportation front, as a high-speed rail line running between Paris and Amsterdam now runs partially on the sun. The train draws power from 2.1 miles of solar panels that sit atop a train tunnel. Trains with solar ... 		Jun 14, 2011
12:04:00 PM
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The AIA's Next-Generation Contract Documents Service
The AIA recently celebrated 100 years of contract documents during their 2011 convention. The convention gave a glimpse into the future, with a preview of the AIA’s next-generation contract documents service. The online, cloud-based service will be ... 		May 24, 2011
8:52:00 AM
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Hotel Built in Six Days
Have you ever heard of a 15-story building being constructed in less than one week? China’s Broad Group, with the goal of showcasing the efficiency and pure speed of its construction technology, accomplished such a feat in constructing the Ark Hotel ... 		Feb 14, 2011
8:24:00 AM
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Net-Zero-Energy Home
Have you ever heard of a home that, rather than taking electricity from the electric grid, actually gives it back? Such an oddity does exist, as evidenced by the American Institute of Architect’s Dallas Tour of Homes. One of the nine homes visited ... 		Nov 9, 2010
9:30:00 AM