It has trees growing two stories high in the atrium. Deer and turkey out the window. And, when the room is feeling stuffy, windows that open to let in fresh air. Obviously not your typical office building. Ecology and Environment's headquarters on Pleasant View Drive in Lancaster is the region's greenest building, certified as a platinum LEED project by the U.S. Green Building Council. Constructed 20 years ago, it is the nation's oldest platinum office building. The environmental consulting company was green before green was cool. The Green Building Council has certified a handful of other...
Innovation at the Vancouver Olympic Games: Lighting for the site will feature new technology developed ...
Canada Newswire
Canada Newswire
MONTREAL, May 13 /CNW Telbec/ - The landscape architects of the Vancouver Olympic Games have chosen Leonis, the latest luminaire by Lumec. The choice was not solely based on aesthetics, but also ecological responsibility...
Pedaling proves profitable
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bike to Work Week highlights rewards for eco-friendly, healthy workers Bike-to-work inducements aren't all that different from the basics of day-to-day happiness: security, hot showers, clean clothes and a little extra...
Stacked up? Then vent cleaning can be a big task
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
One South Loop condo owner we know wants to learn how to perform yearly cleaning and inspection of her dryer's vent pipe when, as with many city condos, the washer...
Grand ideas, small buildings
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
TOOLS RESOURCES This far into Houston's latest building boom, you'd expect big, world-beating projects to dominate the local American Institute of Architects 2008 awards. But you'd be wrong....
The house you built: the property awards
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail
Vote for 'Tomorrow's Lifestyle Home' and win a ticket to The Mail on Sunday British Home Awards By SEBASTIAN O'KELLY - This is the eco-house chosen by 20,000 Mail on Sunday readers in last year's British Homes Awards...
Voelcker Park on way to 'cultivated wild'
Express News
Express News
Voelcker Park already looks like the land suburban development forgot. Now it should remain that way - a wooded oasis bisected by busy streets and surrounded by neighborhoods. The City Council on Thursday approved a...
Developers debut plans for Twin Buttes
MSNBC
MSNBC
Developers debut plans for Twin Buttes558 units proposed west of downtown May 8, 2008By Chuck Slothower | Herald Staff Writer Twin Buttes met the public Wednesday. The proposed 558-unit west Durango residential...
Washington to offer diesel retrofit grants
The Business Review
The Business Review
Public and private owners of diesel-powered fleets might be eligible for a grant from the state Department of Ecology to retrofit diesel-engine exhaust systems. The state provides the grants through the Washington State...
Serious environmentalism altering the Lady Bird Wildlife Center; parties for Planet Cancer and Zilker Summer Musical
Austin American Statesman
Austin American Statesman
The memory of the late Lady Bird Johnson lingered on the breeze. And before the evening was over, it seemed a generational shift had altered the sensibility of her namesake wildflower center, as anyone witnessing its...
Berliners battle to save vast airport that kept the city from starvation
The Guardian
The Guardian
60 years after allies' airlift, referendum seems unlikely to avert Tempelhof's closure ,...
Modern design works in traditional Shaughnessy
Canada Dot Com
Canada Dot Com
SHAUGHNESSY GOES MOD: Ballet B.C. promoted its May 24-25 Home & Garden Tour with a reception in Clinton Cuddington's brand-new family home in Shaughnessy Thursday. The owner was pleased with it, and ought to be since he...

