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January 2014

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Banning Fireworks on Chinese New Year

In light of the still-continuing smog problem in China, Beijing is contemplating on banning fireworks on the eve of the Chinese New Year (Year of the Wooden Horse) which falls on January 31.  Good luck with that.  A man in…
neoli
January 28, 2014
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On Material Transparency in LEED v4

  When LEED v4 became official last year, it finally ushered a new era of transparency for the green building community. It was about time—LEED was two decades old, and along with that maturity comes a more aggressive stance on…
neoli
January 16, 2014
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Home and Building Insulation in an Age of Freak Weather

Home and Building Insulation in an Age of Freak Weather Great changes are happening to our weather.  Super typhoons, off-season tornadoes, heat waves, flash floods, and the recent polar vortex in the U.S. all indicate a new weather norm.  Elderly…
neoli
January 12, 2014
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3D Printing in Green Building

If you haven’t noticed, we’ve deliberately put off writing about 3D printing in our BEE blog for so long.  It’s not that we’re not excited about this new technology, because no doubt it’s amazing, it’s revolutionary, and it’ll definitely shake…
neoli
January 4, 2014