Congress Passes Formaldehyde Limits for Composite Wood Products
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Green from the Ground Up Training, Laguna, CA
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The Design Process
Making the most of a site’s solar potential is step one in the design process, coming even before any aesthetic sketches are developed. Orienting a building toward the sun, specifying the size and type of windows, and balancing light and thermal mass a…
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Passive Solar Design – Location and Climatic Conditions
Whether the house is new construction or a retrofit, local weather patterns are a basic planning tool for a zero energy home. Data should include precipitation records, average temperatures by month and preferably by day over the last several years. Lo…
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Passive Solar Design – A History
Does this scene sound familiar? A culture facing an environmental crisis. Their primary building resource — wood — was in high demand for ships and buildings, making the primary heat source for comfort — charcoal — inc…
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Des Plaines Casino pursues LEED® certification, green first among Illinois casinos
Project Location: 3000 River Road, Des Plaines, IL
Owner: Midwest Gaming and Entertainment, LLC
Development Manager: Development Management Associates, LLC
Architect: Klai Juba
General Contractor: Pepper Construction
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Reuse or Build New? Group to Gather Hard Environmental Data
A report quantifying the respect impacts of value building reuse versus demolition and new construction—including life-cycle assessments (LCA) and examination of building materials and methods—is due to be released in 2011 by The National Trust for…
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