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Archive for the ‘Green buildings’ Category

Aug
18

Timber Houses Lead a Double Life. As Carbon Sinks.

Today I was pushing my new son around in his stroller to lull him into sleep, when I happened upon a a steel frame house going up. Now I know there is often a goodly amount of recycled steel in such frames and they are very termite resistant. But still it got me pondering that old debate - steel or timber framed buildings? And I remembered a report I saw last month in The Age newspaper that suggested that timber frame houses were excellent carbon sinks. Not a trick that steel can replicate. [ Read More ]

Jul
21

Inside the Indian Building Hillary Clinton Calls a Green Taj Mahal

Once the Largest LEED Platinum Rated Office Building After landing in the Indian capital of New Delhi yesterday, Hillary Clinton skipped the Taj Mahal, the India Gate, and even the hotel to drive straight to what she called "a monument to the future": the city's greenest building. "The ITC green building may not be a regular stop on the tourist calendar, but it is a monument in its own right."... [ Read More ]