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Memphis takes a lot of hits on the environmental front, but activists say they see new attitudes and progress toward a healthier, more sustainable city.
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The main goal for Solar Decathlon team members from Rice University was to build a dwelling they could give back to their community.
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This Solar Decathlon house was designed to face extreme temperatures: frigid, snow-filled winters and hot, humid summers.
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Sustainability and community space were the focus of the Green Community 2008-2009 International Student Design Competition.
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Skills gained at the YouthBuild AmeriCorps Green Homebuilding Service Day will be utilized at the local level, where student members are building or refurbishing thousands of affordable homes.
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The advantages to building a green school are obvious: a healthy, more productive environment for students, faculty, and staff, plus energy and taxpayer savings. But one aspect of a sustainable school that may have been overlooked in the past is the chance to incorporate green into the curriculum...
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Washington, D.C., is known more for filibusters and less for innovative design. For one rain-soaked week last fall, however, innovation was the theme when 18 university teams converged on the city for the Solar Decathlon, a biennial event in which students compete to see who can design, build, and...