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| 01/2012 | The Nutritional Life of Buildings What was once proprietary information about the environmental and health impacts of products is now seeing the light of day. |
| 11/2011 | Power Trips Expanding renewable energy generation to a larger piece of the nation's electrical grid will be messy and costly, but not impossible. |
| 09/2011 | Going Beyond Expectations The Canada Green Building Council expands its focus beyond LEED to broader program and service agendas. |
| 07/2011 | A Green Light to Green Design For the second year in a row, design firms find opportunity in green projects. |
| 02/2011 | Let There Be Data: Cities and states across the United States are banking on the power of mandatory data reporting to spur energy efficiency in buildings. |
| 05/2011 | Zero Margin for Error: Even with the plentiful backup systems in place at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, disaster prevailed. |
| 04/2011 | Is It Time for a New “Ism”?: Two Dutch-born authors claim that “sustainism” will dominate the culture of this century, shaping everything from design to politics to grocery shopping. |
| 04/2011 | Playing Nicely With Others: Portland EcoDistricts promote the communal sharing of energy, water, and even cultural resources. |
| 02/2011 | Coming of Age Creative financing options for renewable installations inspire action and several whiffs of controversy. |
| 10/2011 | Eco-Toupees and Plastic Alleys Despite a major sustainability push, the city of Chicago still has a long way to go in transforming its image from a Rust Belt city to the greenest in the country. |
| 09/2010 | Stormy Weather We use climate data to inform design every day, but what if that data doesn’t tell the whole story? |
| 07/2010 | Darkening Prospects Whether tar sands or gushing wells, the chaos of oil extraction is wreaking havoc on the environment with no sign of relief. |
| 05/2010 | Been There Done That Wales teaches us that for a successful shift away from fossil fuels, we must create jobs, build businesses, and find replacement revenue. |
| 03/2010 | Getting the Goods Close collaboration between designers and contractors can help solve green product conflicts from the get-go. |
| 01/2010 | Intelligent Systems Converting the nation to a smart grid will make sense in the long run, but it’s the short run that’s the challenge. |
| 11/2009 | Adapting to Climate Change While the need to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions is greater than ever, we now also ought to focus attention on adapting our buildings to the inevitable impacts of climate change. |
| 09/2009 | Taking the Pulse Interest in building-performance metrics is reaching fever pitch as operational-data reporting is incorporated into requirements. |
| 07/2009 | Learning from Consumer Behavior The same guy who’ll buy a new iPod without a second thought will walk away from a $20 six-pack of compact fluorescent lamps. Making him change his mind is not as easy as it seems. |
| 05/2009 | A Council Of Councils Green building pursues a voice on the world stage |
| 03/2009 | Aiming for the Stars A manifesto in the guise of a standard raises the bar. |
| 01/2009 | Riding The Balance Wheel Here is the president’s most pressing challenge: Can he and his cabinet restore our foundering economy but still reduce the damage we do to the environment? |
| 11/2008 | Building a New LEED LEED 2009 contains more science and increased standardization. |
| 09/2008 | A Parallel Universe Australia’s grass may not be greener, but its government would like to be. |
| 07/2008 | Global Warming’s Magic Bullet? Almost three decades after three mile island, nuclear power is gaining support as a clean source of electricity and as a means to halt climate change. |
| 04/2008 | Grab the Low-Hanging Fruit Designers, contractors, and facility managers seek opportunities in existing and new buildings to mitigate climate change. |
| 01/2008 | You Can’t Fight Mother Nature The laws we make cannot change the way nature governs itself. Failing to account for this in the past has led to unanticipated, sometimes disastrous consequences. |
| 10/2007 | Sustaining the Past Guidelines For Historic Preservation Shouldn’t Have To Clash With Leed Requirements, Since Preservation And Sustainability Share Many Similar Goals. |
| 07/2007 | Practicing Precaution The power and limitations of science in the selection of building materials |
| 04/2007 | Of Courtrooms and Boardrooms As environmentalists await a decision in the u.s. supreme court's first lawsuit over global warming, the free market may be starting to regulate carbon on its own. |
| 01/2007 | Closing the Feedback Loop Demand for proof-of-performance claims plus increasing designer confidence lead to a resurgence in evidence-based design |
| 11/2006 | Energy Security Code of Conduct Before we can solve the world's energy crisis, the industry must address the disorganized state of worldwide standards. |
| 06/2006 | Our Moral Imperative We must do whatever we can to reduce the carbon footprints of buildings |
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