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10.05.11
A few years ago at Greenbuild, USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi held up a box of animal crackers, showed the audience the list of ingredients, and pointed out that nothing like that...
10.04.11
In our final blog post in a series for Metropolis Magazine, our own Cristina Zancani, a Solar Decathlon alum, shares how her experience in the competition profoundly influenced...
10.03.11
We know what ingredients are in many of the products we buy, but often have no idea what the buildings we spend our lives in are made of. The Building Product Transparency Project...
09.29.11
Perkins+Will has designed and developed an evolutionary modular classroom called Sprout Space that incorporates many healthy, sustainable, and educational features into its design...
09.28.11
Buildings consume roughly 40 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Even more staggering to consider, improving the...
09.28.11
Darwin knew it when he saw it in 1837. He stepped off the HMS Beagle and observed species that had adapted to the unique environment of the Galapagos Islands; from this he...
09.27.11
The latest CanadExport podcast features Peter Busby. Hear what he has to say about the future of the industry and how Canadian companies in many sectors can lead the world in the...
09.16.11
Our Atlanta office was the recipient of the ULI Atlanta Development of Excellence Award for 2011. The Development of Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding real estate...
09.13.11
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09.10.11
Greenroofs.com profiled One Haworth Center's green roof and the headquarters' overarching "adaptable, user-focused, sustainable" design. Read more.
08.01.11
Conceived as a sustainability showcase, the office features a self-contained passive solar hot water system that supplies the restrooms and café; the system is powered by...
07.22.11
Phil Harrison was honored by the DFC as a Senior Fellow. Senior fellows of the DFC are recognized for significant contributions toward the understanding of changing trends, new...
07.21.11
The Kenyan Women and Children's Wellness Centre in Nairobi, Kenya is the winner of the WAN Healthcare Sector Awards for 2011. The entry was favored by the unbuilt panel for the...
07.21.11
The Engineering Five Building at the University of Waterloo, Canada, is the winner of the WAN Lighting and Design Awards for 2011. The judge's panel remarked on the quality,...
07.05.11
The Sammamish Library has been honored on the Library Journal's inaugural list of new landmark libraries. The list was created for the first time this year to help librarians...
