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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…

neoli15 April 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…

neoli4 April 2013

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Wooden Skyscrapers Coming to a City Near You.

We’re used to having our skyscrapers built out of concrete and steel, but wood?—Not really. Wood is meant for floors, paneling, and furniture, not as a major building material especially for skyscrapers. And yet, there’s new focus on wooden skyscrapers…

neoli20 March 2013

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Concept Buildings and the Future of Skyscrapers

eVolo Magazine recently announced the winners of its 2013 Skyscraper Competition, and judging from the concept buildings entries this year, each one is more ingenious (and dare we say ambitious) than the next. Taking First Prize is Derek Pirozzi’s Polar…

neoli15 March 2013

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Of Beautiful Malls, Wind Farms, and Displaced Birds

Every afternoon just before dusk, thousands of birds flock together outside a popular shopping mall in Quezon City, Philippines. Some of the birds (known locally as Tarat, in the shrike family) roost on power lines, or under the mall’s eaves,…

neoli6 March 2013

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Self-Healing Cement Just Got Better

Self-healing cement that seals up its own cracks and magically repairs itself seems like the stuff of science fiction. After all, concrete’s not supposed to do that once it sets into a hard, permanent mass. But there’s really nothing sci-fi…

neoli4 March 2013

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Why China Needs Its Green Building System As Much as It Needs LEED

Back in 2006, China developed its own Green Building Design Label aka Three Star as a response to LEED. It was meant to complement the prestigious green building standard started by USGBC, not replace it or restrict it in any…

neoli27 February 2013

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Deciding Green Building for the Military | LEED Rules Once Again

Less than three weeks ago, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) was seeking public comments regarding which green building certification to use for U.S. federal buildings, most especially the military. In the interest of fairness, GSA wasn’t taking sides among…

neoli21 February 2013

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What’s in a Chinese Horoscope? | And Why I Believe in the Chinese Zodiac Signs than in Western Astrology

With the Chinese New Year looming before us in a matter of hours, most of us have already checked what’s in store for your Zodiac sign this Year of the Water Snake. Just Googling Chinese horoscopes 2013 brings up 24…

neoli9 February 2013

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Instead of | Green Valentine’s Day Ideas for You and Your Special One

With Valentine’s Day just a few days way, it’s time to rethink the ways in which we’ve always celebrated this most romantic day of the year. We’ve come up with an Instead Of List, to show some green alternatives for…

neoli9 February 2013