More green buildings can be bird-safe under a new LEED program in the U.S.
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An amazing look at what 80 people across 30 countries ate on one day. “If Chevron is not doing its part, it will be severely punished,” Brazil’s energy minister says. Image Credit Audiomasons The website from Audiomasons makes some remarkable claims for their stone speakers speakers: In addition to being one of the most sustainable materials on the planet, solid stone has unique acoustic properties that provides an audio experience of unmatched fidelity. Each pair of our speakers are unique masterpieces produced by our dedicated craftspeople, are up to 20,000% more sustainable than conventional equivalents, and are platinum level LEED-qualified. Live Oak Family Resource Center in Santa Cruz, California, via Inhabitat When you go Greenbuild, you can always tell who works for the US Green Building Council , which runs LEED; the architects and builders are in jeans, and the USGBC people are in sharp, very professional suits. From their office design to their wardrobes, Rick Fedrizzi and the USGBC have done everything they could to make green building safe for corporate America, and to make it a Birkenstock.. Spanish moss print rompers in Crop by David Peck, spring 2012. Image credit: Bernd Sieker , used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Does installing commercial rooftop solar PV (with the dark-colored PV cells) negate the effect of painting that same roof white to alleviate the “heat island” effect in cities |
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