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Siren Song – The New Lure of City Living

Published by Green by Design on August 17, 2009

By Richard Manning. As an architect and sustainability consultant, I work on many green building projects. Unfortunately, the fast pace of design and construction projects coupled with work travel doesn’t often give me a chance to visit the finished building.

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Greenwashing—It’s Like Whitewashing, Only Worse

Published by Martha Danly on April 25, 2009

Strolling down Aisle 6 at my local MegaMart, I plop a container of laundry detergent into my cart. The product label reads “biodegradable”— looks good to me. La-di-da! What do I know?

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FlatPak and the PreFab Four

Published by Martha Danly on April 22, 2009

Let’s face it, I’m a little obsessed. After an only so-so experience living in a prefab house many years ago, I’m now awakening to the wonderful potential of today’s modern prefab home brought to us by such designers as Ray Kappe, Jennifer Siegel, and Charlie Lazor.

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Keeping the Cold Out with…Blue Jeans?

Published by Green by Design on February 06, 2009

Many people are unaware that the blue jeans worn by your favorite celebrities may end up in your walls. No, not as trophies from an auction house, but as insulation to keep out the cold.

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When Less Is More: Overhauling the Appraisal System

Published by Martha Danly on January 22, 2009

We all have something that gets our goat. Something that’s just not right and needs to be fixed. For David Gottfried, owner of the greenest home in America, the property appraisal system is broken and needs overhauling now.

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Make Every Inch Count, but Leave Room for 30 Buddhas

Published by Martha Danly on January 13, 2009

Efficiency. Not a word that usually makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside. Yet David and Sara Gottfried have applied the genius of “and” by making their award-winning home welcoming, comfy, and highly efficient.

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Graham’s Wish for 2009: Let’s Start Outgreening Each Other

Published by Martha Danly on December 18, 2008

I’m talking to Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger, the leading environmental site on the web. As I hear the clang of dishes coming over the line from his end of the phone, I ask myself, “Is he clearing the table or washing dishes during our interview?”

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Impress Your Friends with These Fun Facts about Bamboo

Published by Martha Danly on December 11, 2008

Bamboo. Can’t go a day without somebody telling us he’s walking on it, sleeping on it, cooking with it, knitting with it, writing letters on it, or wearing it.

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Transforming the Prefab Home Using Principles of Sustainable Design

Published by Marina Hoag on October 14, 2008

Prefab – the word itself evokes 1950s suburban Levittown, cheap-and-cheesy, practical plywood boxes. Emergency housing at best, drab habitation for human hamsters. But look now: pre-fabricated buildings are having a Cinderella moment. Driven by the sustainable design movement, ‘Prefab 2.0’ is a vast improvement over the dreary mass construction methods of the past.

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Be an Action Hero or Heroine—Rescue Some Antique Lumber

Published by Martha Danly on October 11, 2008

We all have a little of the rescuer in us, don’t we? It’s time to let it out. If you’re in the market for new or replacement doors, consider going the reclaimed route instead of buying brand new.

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Rock, Paper . . . Countertops

Published by Marina Hoag on October 04, 2008

What was your reaction when you first heard there are countertops made from recycled paper? If you’re like me, you were thinking, “Yeah, yeah, recycled paper countertops, they may be fine for extreme greenies. But me? Give me the hard stuff, the shiny stuff, the stuff I can cut on and spill all over.”
Recycled paper [...]

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Oakland’s first LEED Silver certified multi-family project

Published by Green by Design on August 20, 2008

The Uptown apartments, a transit-oriented, sustainable development located in the heart of Oakland’s historic arts and entertainment district, has been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council as Oakland’s first LEED Silver certified multi-family project. LEED is the acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is the nationally recognized standard for sustainable [...]

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Warren Wilson College dormitory becomes first dorm in N.C. to achieve LEED Gold

Published by Green by Design on June 11, 2008

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — Warren Wilson College, the only college or university in North Carolina with a LEED Gold Certified Building, now has a second Gold building on its campus.
The Village South residence hall, part of a two-building, 80-bed community that opened in August 2006, becomes the first dormitory in the state to achieve LEED [...]

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Chevron Leads the Way in Green Construction by Opening the First LEED Gold Certified Building in Louisiana

Published by Green by Design on May 09, 2008

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. – Chevron Corp. today announced the opening of the company’s first LEED certified building and the first gold certified LEED building in the state of Louisiana. LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a certification program of the United States Green Building Council. LEED has a rating [...]

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Starwood Hotels ELEMENT Brand to Mandate LEED Certification in All Hotels Brand-Wide

Published by Green by Design on April 21, 2008

From Energy-Efficient Appliances and Environmentally-Friendly Lighting to Magnetic “Do Not Disturb” Signs, ELEMENT Creates All New Green Hotels
Great for the Earth and Great for Guests, ELEMENT to Offer Healthier, Cleaner Environments and a No-Compromise Eco-Chic Guest Experience

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HDR Architecture Reinvents the Patient Experience for Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Published by Green by Design on April 16, 2008

San Francisco, CA – The groundbreaking in January 2008 for the new Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD) Hospital, United Arab Emirates, inaugurated the much-anticipated hospital of the future. The CCAD hospital is a steward for the architecture of humanity, a building that employs the latest technologies, patient-centered care and evidence-based design to assist in healing [...]

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State’s First Renovated Building Gets Green Designation

Published by Green by Design on March 04, 2008

U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Awards LEED Silver Certification
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of General Services (DGS) announced today that the California Department of Rehabilitation’s headquarters in Sacramento has become the first State building to be awarded green building certification after undergoing a major renovation.