By: Tony Fadell
Friday, November 4, 2011
Source: NEST
There’s been tremendous buzz throughout Silicon Valley for the past year about Nest, the stealthy startup in Palo Alto, CA, with big plans to revolutionize the lowly home thermostat.
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By: Rich Moore
Friday, October 7, 2011
Source: iGreenBuild.com
His commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 captured what Steve Jobs was all about. Take the time to listen to it all. You’ll enjoy it. And, hopefully, it’ll help us all live each day more fully.
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By: Rich Moore
Friday, September 30, 2011
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Wool. It’s soft, clean, and 100% renewable. And, much of it never makes it to market.
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Luccon: The Translucent Concrete
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Friday, September 2, 2011
By: Rich Moore
Source: iGreenBuild.com
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There’s a novel new building material showing up in Materials Labs at universities across the US – concrete that conducts light.
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Louisiana Spotlights Innovative Businesses That Are Good for the Planet
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
By: Rich Moore
Source: iGreenBuild.com
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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), for the second consecutive year, is alerting everyone that technology innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the Bayou state.
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Framing With Wood, Sequestering CO², Buying Time
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Friday, July 22, 2011
By: Rich Moore
Source: iGreenBuild.com
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In our iGreenBuild.com e-newsletter this past week, Edie Sonne-Hall, Sustainable Forests and Products Manager for Weyerhaeuser, wrote that among structural framing materials, wood is unique in its ability to store atmospheric carbon.
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LEDs vs. Incandescent Light Bulbs: The Chocolate Bunny Test
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Friday, July 15, 2011
By: Madeline Summa
Source: iGreenBuild.com
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Light-emitting diodes were introduced in 1962 and only emitted a low-intensity red light. Today, LEDs are used for automobile and aviation lighting as well as traffic signals, domestic appliances, and in a growing number of other devices.
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Video - Green Concrete: The Sustainable Answer to Our Crumbling Infrastructure
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Friday, July 1, 2011
By: Rich Moore
Source: iGreenBuild.com
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Look around you. Chances are, when you step back and look critically, you’ll see just how tired our local and national infrastructure really is. Is Green Concrete an answer to rebuilding in a sustainable way?
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High Performance Schools: Far Beyond the Three R’s!
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Friday, June 17, 2011
By: Rich Moore
Source: iGreenBuild.com
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Architecture and green building pioneer Bob Kobet of The Kobet Collaborative earlier this year converted us into vocal advocates of the high performance green schools movement. During discussions with him prior to the School & College Building Expo in Chicago in April, 12-15, we got a full dose of what is and isn’t a high performance green school.
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