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METROPOLIS Introduces Natural Habitat, a Sustainable Homes Video Series

The series debuts with a tour of a tranquil upstate New York retreat designed with Passive House principles.

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August 27, 2013

Sustainability Bibliography

Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century by David Gissen Conscious Style Home: Eco-Friendly Living for the 21st Century by Danny Seo Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment by Pamela J. Gordon Sustainable Architecture White Papers by Earth Pledge Green Architecture by James Wines The Green Skyscraper: The […]

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Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century by David Gissen

Conscious Style Home: Eco-Friendly Living for the 21st Century by Danny Seo

Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment by Pamela J. Gordon

Sustainable Architecture White Papers by Earth Pledge

Green Architecture by James Wines

The Green Skyscraper: The Basis for Designing Sustainable Intensive Buildings by Ken Yang

Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management, and Pollution Control by Jerry A. Nathanson

Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World (Suny Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought) by David Orr

Technology and the Good Life? by Eric S. Higgs, Andrew Light, and David Strong

The Green Imperative: Natural Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

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