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Giving Architects Free Rein to Go Green
A newspaper asks four architectural firms to design the green homes of their dreams A special report in Monday’s Wall Street Journal describes what happens when you challenge architects to…
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When Video Gaming Goes Green
A video game released this week allows players to redevelop a community to green perfection – without pulling permits One of the newest titles in the realm of resource management…
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Firm Offers Free Access to Energy Estimating Tool
Prompted by the 2030 Challenge, architecture firm Perkins + Will launches a beta version of a tool it developed to help building designers set targets for energy reduction in new…
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Popular Mechanics Lists “Future-Proof” Jobs – Many of Them Green
A decage ago, "Top 10 Jobs" lists didn’t typically highlight green and alternative-energy professions. But they do now. Many specialty publications – and the business sections of most daily newspapers…
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Wrestling With the Bay State’s ‘Stretch’ Code Proposal
Green builders and remodelers favor it, the Home Builder Association of Massachusetts opposes it, and state regulators are still soliciting comments before they get ready to vote yea or nay
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Luis de Garrido’s Prefab Green Box
One of the featured displays at the Construmat building showcase in Barcelona is the Spanish architect’s transportable garden house Green Box, a “garden” house billed as the latest in sustainable…
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One Broker’s Take on the Selling Power of Green
A real estate broker crunches Atlanta-area sales statistics to highlight their appeal for homebuyers One way to measure the appeal of a home’s certified green construction is to put it…
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Energy Smackdown: A Year of Living Greenly
A green-tech reporter who entered a Boston-area energy reduction competition almost a year ago describes his immersion in the finer points of do-it-yourself energy conservation Sometimes it is hard to…
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NAHB Confidence Index Stirs as Buyers Respond to Incentives
Low prices, $8K tax credit attract customers, bumping the NAHB/Wells Fargo HMI up five points From March to April the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index –…
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Watching L.A. Get Its Green On
Los Angeles is severely squeezed by the recession, but it also is forging ahead with green building initiatives Last week, when the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance to…