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Quick Takes
Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.
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Product Guidance
Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.
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HOBO Data Loggers: No Longer Just for Researchers
Product Review
Understanding how buildings work is becoming more and more important, and Onset Computer offers a wide range of HOBO data loggers to serve this need.
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Making Wall Outlets Safer—and Smarter
Product Review
In addition to protecting against electric shock and fire, SafePlug uses RFID tags to help track energy use from individual appliances and turn them on and off remotely.
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Energy Benefits of Temperfect Chair Take Backseat to Comfort
Product Review
Like being in the hot seat? This office chair provides comfort with less energy than a space heater.
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Agepan: A Vapor-Permeable, Wood-Based Insulation Board
Product Review
Builders are turning to an insulating sheathing imported from Europe to make walls that won't rot.
In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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Styrofoam’s Chemistry Becoming Less Hazardous, Gradually
News Analysis
The world’s leading manufacturer of extruded polystyrene will phase out a toxic flame retardant around 2017 and problematic blowing agents by 2020.
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How a Dense Metropolis Can Support a Living Building
News Analysis
Net-zero water tops the list of obstacles a New York group is tackling. Its goal: to solve the large-scale ecological problems of dense urban areas.
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Source Energy Is Federally Endorsed Metric for Net-Zero Buildings
News Analysis
The DOE releases a definition of zero energy buildings that it hopes will be adopted industry-wide.
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Free Database Can Guide Early Design Decisions on Carbon, Health
News Analysis
The Quartz Project opens up Pharos and GaBi intelligence to the public, combining the formats of HPDs and EPDs into one tool.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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