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Launch of New International Green Building Code Welcomed in Growing Industry http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUK130627891520100317
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Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
Norwegian Automaker Peddles Its Runabout - New York Times, 2010.0323 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/norwegian-automaker-peddles-its-runabout/
Teams Set for First Taste of Antarctic Lakes - Nature, 2010.0323 http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100323/full/464472b.html

Fossil Fuel Interests Paid for Danish Study Critical of Wind Power. Does It Matter? - New York Times, 2010.0322 http://nyti.ms/bn1aoY

LEED Certification Takes Hit - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2010.0322 http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/03/22/leed-certification-takes-hit/

Melrose Commons Earns First LEED Neighborhood Honors in NYC - Inhabitat (blog), 2010.0322 http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/22/melrose-commons-earns-first-leed-neighborhood-honors-in-nyc/

UN 5th World Urban Forum Opens in Brazil - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, 2010.0322 http://gbcghana.com/news/32661detail.html

Stewart L. Udall, Conservationist in Kennedy and Johnson Cabinets, Dies at 90 - New York Times, 2010.0321

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/nyregion/21udall.html

Green Building: LEEDing Us Where? - New York Times, 2010.0319 http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/green-building-leeding-us-where/

 Solar City Tower for Rio Olympics Is a Giant Energy Generating Waterfall - Inhabitat (blog), 2010.0319 http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/19/solar-city-tower-for-rio-olympics-giant-energy-generating-waterfall/

Top Environmental Degrees for Less Money - Earth 911, 2010.0319 http://earth911.com/news/2010/03/19/top-environmental-degrees-for-less-money/

'Mother-in-Laws' Featured in Bainbridge Architecture Tour - Kitsap Sun, 2010.0319 http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/mar/19/mother-in-laws-featured-in-bainbridge-tour/

Consumers Buy More Efficient Refrigerators, but Keep the Old Ones Humming - New York Times, 2010.0319 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/consumers-buy-more-efficient-refrigerators-but-keep-the-old-ones-humming/
Of Chilly Offices and Space Heaters - New York Times, 2010.0319 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/of-chilly-offices-and-space-heaters/
Search Continues for Sustainable Architecture - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2010.0319 http://dcnonl.com/article/id37989
Will Green Building Council Kill Green Forestry? - Tyee, 2010.0319 http://thetyee.ca/News/2010/03/19/GreenForestry/
Building an Affordable Sustainable House - Philly Burbs, 2010.0318 http://bit.ly/9FJ9hT
Aluminum Maker Eyes Solar Industry - New York Times, 2010.0318 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/aluminum-maker-eyes-solar-industry/
Concentrating Photovoltaic Project Underway at California College - New York Times, 2010.0318 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/concentrating-photovoltaic-project-underway-at-california-college/
Damage to Peat Bogs Driving Climate Change - Telegraph, 2010.0318 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7465370/Damage-to-peat-bogs-driving-climate-change.html
Scottish Government Announces 'World Leading' Marine Energy Project - Scotsman Online, 2010.0317 http://news.scotsman.com/news/39Energy-bonanza39-to-power-750000.6157463.jp
Are Utilities Ready for Smart Meters? - Triple Pundit, 2010.0317 http://bit.ly/d66vwB
Study Finds Many Africans Blame Themselves for Climate Change - VOA News, 2010.0317 http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/pan/Study-Finds-Many-Africans-Blame-Themselves-for-Climate-Change-88200302.html
Government to Continue Climate Change Ads Despite Criticism from Watchdog - Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0317 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/17/asa-climate-change-ads
Wood Groups Dislike USGBC's Third Try to Write Rules on LEED Points - EcoHome, 2010.0317 http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2010/03/wood-groups-dislike-usgbcss-third-try-to-write-rules-on-leed-points.aspx
Las Vegas Sands Kicks off Green Energy Program - Business Week, 2010.0317 http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EGJUCG0.htm
Eco Home Stands Tall in Award Fight - Hornsey Journal, 2010.0317 http://bit.ly/cDh7lm
Housing on Rue des Vignoles - ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0317 http://www.architectureweek.com/2010/0317/index.htmlEden Bio can be difficult to find. One might think itwould be hard to conceal almost 100 new public housingunits in this part of Paris's 20th arrondissement, butlocal architect Edouard Francois has managed to do so, inserting rows of low-rise apartments, duplexes, and small houses into the middle of a city block while presenting a minimal, modest face to the street on three sides.
Offshore Wind a Boon to the Shipping Industry - New York Times, 2010.0316 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/offshore-wind-a-boon-to-shipping-industry/
Cities Have Been Embracing Sustainability Movement - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2010.0316 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10075/1042978-334.stm
CO2 at New Highs Despite Economic Slowdown - ENN, 2010.0315 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62E2KJ20100315
Rammed Earth + Prefab = Quick and Cheap DIY House - TreeHugger (Blog), 2010.0315 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/rammed-earth-prefab.php
Too Big to Be Green? Berkeley Mansion Prompts Outrage - USA Today, 2010.0313 http://bit.ly/9bgiGm
Low-E Coated Glass - Big Picture Ad Pilkington Solar-E(TM) coated glass is now available in apalette of natural colors: Arctic Blue, Blue-Green, and Gray.The integral pyrolytic (hard) on-line coating provides both lowsolar heat gain and low reflectivity. The product can be bent,insulated, laminated, and tempered, and no edge deletion isrequired. Will not oxidize or change color over time. Cancontribute to LEED certification. http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?100310_pilkington.html
People and Places, by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2010/0317/news_1-1.html
Daniel Libeskind in Dublin, Ireland - Dewberry in Fairfax,Virginia - HGA in Kenosha, Wisconsin - Lord, Aeck & Sargent inArlington, Virginia - Nadel Architects in Amman, Jordan - StudioPali Fekete architects in Beverly Hills, California -International Parking Design in Encinitas, California - Backen,Gillam & Kroeger Architects in Avalon, California - RTKL inShanghai, China...
First Model Codes for Green Building in the U.S - USGBC Press Release, 2010.0309 http://www.archweek.com/2010/0310/press_release_1-1.html
Drywall Panel with Phase-Change Material http://www.archweek.com/2010/0310/products_update.html
Bamboo Floating Floors from Teragren(TM) http://www.archweek.com/2010/0317/products_update.html
Ecology & Sustainability http://www.architectureweek.com/books/browse.php?category=62
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