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April 2013

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Acoustics and Soundproofing in LEED Green Buildings

In film school we were made to watch Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (which was adapted from Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness).  I forgot how both the film and book turned out, but I remember one important detail…
neoli
April 27, 2013
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How to Really Celebrate Earth Day

We’ve been celebrating Earth Day for forty-three years now since its launch in 1970, and yet despite everyone’s efforts, the threat of climate change still looms on us.  Does that mean the world’s combined efforts haven’t been enough?  Maybe not,…
neoli
April 21, 2013
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On Algae and Other Plants for Green Building

Arup’s latest foray in incorporating plants for green building involves algae.  Yes, algae—that simplest, most basic organism that crosses the fine line between “plant” and “animal”. Plants for green building: Algae is the unlikely hero of this apartment building in…
neoli
April 18, 2013
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LEED for Healthcare: The Two Years So Far

LEED for Healthcare (LEED HC) has just turned two this April. How’s the adoption rate these past two years?   Well, a quick search at Gbig.org, USGBC’s project database website, turns up only 113 published activities under LEED HC v2009, out…
neoli
April 15, 2013
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News on Solar Panels Turns Sunnier Each Day.

Today we’re rounding up the recent news on solar panels over the past few weeks—mostly optimistic ones.  It’s certainly high time that these breakthroughs in solar panels come in, considering the threats of global warming, caused no less by our…
neoli
April 4, 2013