Perhaps you’ve heard. New York’s iconic landmark is undergoing a radical transformation: a $550 million renovation incorporating a comprehensive energy efficiency retrofit. Read the full story
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The Empire State Building: Revisioned
Posted on 19 October 2009.
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Chicago Green Roof Grant Program
Posted on 14 October 2009.
The birthplace of the skyscraper has something new to be proud of: the city-funded green roof as community stimulus. Chicago is home to over 200 green roofs, covering 2.5 million square feet, more than any other U.S. city. Read the full story
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Re:Vision kicks off West Coast Green
Posted on 01 October 2009.
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Is the new Federal Building in San Francisco green?
Posted on 26 August 2009.
By Eric Corey Freed
Wonderful article on Thom Mayne’s new Federal Building that just opened here in San Francisco. It touches on some of the larger issues, namely, how the LEED Green Building Rating System often does not apply to such a large, unusual and design driven building. Read the full story
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AIArchitecture ReView
Posted on 13 August 2009.
Urban Re:Vision Competition Brings Urban Farming and Net-Zero Energy to Texas
Community sustainability nonprofit places Dallas at the top of its urban triage list
By Zach Mortice
Associate Editor
How do you . . . design a residential mixed-use urban farming building that helps to rehabilitate a sprawling and disconnected Middle American city?
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Eric Corey Freed Interview in the NY Times
Posted on 12 August 2009.
A RECENT Amazon.com search for “green home†pulled up more than 15,000 book titles. Who has time to read them all? So this week, The Green Home tracked down Eric Corey Freed, the author of “Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies,†and asked him to distill this growing cottage industry of green advice into five must-do steps.
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