Topic: Green Building
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How Green Building Standards Can Actually Change People's Behavior
New research suggests LEED-ND projects can dramatically cut down on driving rates.
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Green Architecture Confronts Elitism in Abu Dhabi
Might there be hope of more affordable "eco homes" in the future?
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China's Eco-Cities: Substantive and Skimpy at the Same Time
For now at least, the country's most sustainable form of urbanism is relegated to pilot projects.
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5 Unusual Ideas for 'Greening' a School
Visions for sustainable building in the education system courtesy the National Building Museum.
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The Case Against Saving Midcentury Office Buildings
A new report suggests it would be better for the environment to tear them all down.
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Urban Wonk
As Important As It Is, LEED Can Be So Embarrassing
A new certified LEED-platinum building may not be all that green, if you consider its outlandish size and challenging climate setting.
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Urban Wonk
What Our Urban Planning Vocabulary Says About Our Cities
A look at how the words we use have evolved.
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Year in Review
The Best Green Ideas of 2012
A personal, eclectic list.
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Videos
In a Kansas City Neighborhood, Deep Investments and an Uncertain Future
Can the good work of the Green Impact Zone be sustained once federal funds run out?
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Videos
This Could Be the Key to Making Downtowns Greener
This green wall out of the University of Washington could bring plant life to dense urban areas where green space is hard to come by.
