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| 04/2008 | Energy Modeling For Sustainability Evolving software for modeling energy dynamics makes it easier for architects and engineers to design green buildings. |
| 01/2008 | The Case For Commissioning Long considered a requirement of high-performance building, two recent projects present new angles on commissioning. |
| 01/22/2008 | Alternative Energy Sources: EnergyBoost: Renewable Energy Projects Proliferate Across the Northwest [links to: greensmart.construction.com] |
| 01/22/2008 | Counting Carbon: Online Construction Carbon Calculator for Sustainable Development. [links to: greensmart.construction.com] |
| 01/2008 | Building Even Better Concrete Manufacturers, scientists, and designers strive to reduce a vital material's environmental footprint while exploiting its many beneficial qualities. |
| 10/07 | Design for a Carbon-Free Life: The Pursuit of “Net” Zero Energy Growing Number of Projects Focus Attention On An Elusive Goal. |
| 07/07 | Go With the Flow Interest in mixed-mode buildings, which combine passive ventilation and natural cooling strategies with mechanical ones, heats up some U.S. markets. |
| 06/08/07 | Getting Aggressive About Passive Design Architects cannot approach the final frontier in low-energy, zero-carbon design without addressing that old energy hog—and beloved American friend—air-conditioning. [links to: architecturalrecord.com] |
| 06/08/07 | Simple and bright, heliostats tap sunlight for lighting outdoor and, increasingly, indoor spaces [links to: architecturalrecord.com] |
| 06/08/07 | Concrete goes green New mix designs make ready-mix good environmental steward [links to: southcentral.construction.com] |
| 06/08/07 | Building Green Environmental Management Systems for Contractors and CM's [links to: southwest.construction.com] |
| 04/04/07 | Designing Buildings for Easy Cleaning While the green building community has begun to take notice of green cleaning products and strategies, fewer people are aware that environmentally responsible maintenance begins well before the building owner selects a line of cleaning products. |
| 04/04/07 | Tintable Glazing Saves Energy On Demand As long as humans have been building windows, we’ve been tinkering with ways to let in daylight and provide views to the outdoors while controlling glare and the movement of heat. |
| 04/07 | Solar Memory As history shows, harvested daylight is a rich resource on even the most constrained sites |
| 04/07 | Missouri Cement Plant 16 Days and Whataya Get? First 2 Silos in Green Project [links to: midwest.construction.com] |
| 03/07 | Unique fuel source Alabama brick facility taps into landfill [links to: southcentral.construction.com] |
| 03/07 | The Future of Fuels Change in Energy Policy is Driving Development of New Plants in the Southeast [links to: southeast.construction.com] |
| 03/12/07 | The Zero Effect The future of sustainable design increasingly means eliminating carbon dioxide emissions, the most prevalent greenhouse gas. But what does that do to architecture? [links to: architecturalrecord.com] |
| 02/12/07 | Climate Shifts Have Engineers Rethinking the Baseline of Planning [links to: enr.com] |
| 02/07/07 | Window Makers Roll Out Cardinal's New LoE3 Glass |
| 02/07 | Private Sector Invests in Wind Energy; PUC to Construct Line [links to: texas.construction.com] |
| 01/03/07 | Design Choices Protect Birds from Building Collisions |
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