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Build Tall or Net-Zero? The Conundrums of Energy Efficiency

Panelists at the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability event in Los Angeles last week discussed embodied carbon, adaptive reuse, and the new challenges in hitting energy goals.

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For Four Years Now, Indiana University Has Held Energy Challenges

How do you convince 49,000 students, faculty, and staff at Indiana University (IU) to turn off lights and computers, to walk up stairs instead of taking the elevator, and to turn off the water a minute or two earlier in

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Plastic “Trees” Generate Energy From Wind

Image via creativemachines.cornell.edu There have been many suggestions on how to harness wind to power buildings or just to produce more clean sources of energy to add to the grid. The problem is that many of these tech