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From Promise to Performance: Achieving ambitious energy goals requires intense, ongoing dedication. These projects have set high aspirations, but most have yet to earn bragging rights.  Illustration by Chris Buzelli
Nested Systems: Global sustainability seeks integration of environmental, social, and economic prosperity.  Illustration by Ward Sutton
Power to the People: New technology lets occupants work with building systems rather than against them, to improve their comfort while reducing energy costs.  Photo Martin Seck
Deanwood Duplicate: Empowerhouse is the first model in the Solar Decathlon’s history that was designed to permanently house a local family.  Photo © Peter Peirce
Shop Local: Everything you always wanted to know about local sourcing, but were afraid to ask.  Courtesy of Group Health
First LEED for Healthcare Certification: A Washington clinic designed by CollinsWoerman earns Gold under one of LEED's newest rating systems.  Photo courtesy Don Williamson
Stick Shelters: Patrick Dougherty weaves sapling branches of different tree species into intricate and ethereal sculptures.
 Illustration by Chad Hageman Data Driven: How owners can make more accurate assessments of their high-performance buildings.    Photo © Jill Richards Proving It: An interview with green consultant Jerry Yudelson, recent author of The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise Versus Performance in Sustainable Design.  Illustration by Ben Wiseman Green Government: Federal agencies helped develop the concept of holistic green building, but can its champions fend off the political backlash?  Photo courtesy Studio 804 Galileo's Pavilion: Through a yearlong design/build program, University of Kansas architecture students craft an innovative facility at a neighboring community college.
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 Photo by Alanna Malone Beacon of Well Being: We meet Barry Svigals in downtown New Haven to tour his firm's collaboration with Behnisch Architekten, the mixed use Park Street Clinical Laboratory. |
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