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Design for Cleanability
In the average American commercial building, we spend more than half as much money on cleaning as on energy, and the chemicals used in cleaning threaten both the environment and human health. This article takes a look at design strategies that can reduce the need for cleaning or that can make cleaning easier, more effective, or less harmful.
Environmental Building News—September 1, 2005
Design for the Birds: Protecting Birds from the Hazards of Glass
Windows claim the lives of hundreds of millions of birds each year in the U.S., posing a greater threat to the avian population than cat predation, pesticides, or oil spills. The threat can be avoided, however, and the design community holds the key.
Environmental Building News—August 1, 2005
Natural Landscaping: Native Plants and Planting Strategies for Green Development
While the conventional lawn requires water, energy, and chemical inputs to keep it lush and green, natural landscaping offers a more environmentally friendly alternative that’s also cheaper and easier to maintain.
Environmental Building News—July 1, 2005
Hospital, Heal Thyself: Greening the Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare facilities play a critical role in treating illness but, in doing so, they also contribute to human and ecological illness. In this article senior editor Jessica Boehland explores the connections between hospitals and health and illuminates some strategies to improve their performance.
Environmental Building News—June 1, 2005
The Natural Building Movement
Under the radar of the larger building community, the natural building movement has been undergoing a resurgence in recent years. This article explains the allure of such building systems as strawbale, cob, and cordwood and explains how the motivations driving natural building mirror those behind green building.
Environmental Building News—May 1, 2005
Making the Case for Green Building
The benefits of green building range from reduced infrastructure and faster lease-out to improved health and easier employee recruiting. There are lots of reasons to build green, and this article lays out 46 of them to help you make the case!
Environmental Building News—April 1, 2005
Greening Affordable Housing
America’s shortage of low-income housing presents not only a challenge but also an opportunity for green designers, builders, and remodelers. By meeting the affordable housing crisis with green buildings, we can lower the cost of living in these homes and apartments while protecting both the environment and the health of occupants.
Environmental Building News—March 1, 2005
Recycled Content: What is it and What is it Worth?
Recycled content is often the most visible -- and touted -- environmental attribute of green building products. Government programs have encouraged the use of recycled-content products to deal with solid-waste concerns, and green-building rating systems reward designers for specifying these products. But divergent definitions cause confusion, and a limited view of environmental performance might be giving recycled content more attention than it deserves.
Environmental Building News—February 1, 2005
Insulation: Thermal Performance is Just the Beginning
Ten years after EBN first covered insulation, Alex Wilson returns to the subject, presenting a survey of insulation materials and addressing their life-cycle implications.
Environmental Building News—January 1, 2005
Integrated Design
Integrated design is essential for delivering a cost-effective green building. Successful practitioners have come up with ways to get the whole team collaborating effectively and thinking outside-the-box. Not only are they delivering green projects within conventional building budgets, but many are doing it for a conventional fee. EBN editor Nadav Malin shares their advice on how to make it work, and make it pay.
Environmental Building News—November 1, 2004
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