It’s no surprise that light-colored, reflective surfaces heat up less in the sun. That translates into less solar-generated cooling loads for buildings with white, reflective roofs. It can also mean lower ambient temperatures outside those buildings, because dark roofs and pavement heat the outdoor air, contributing to the “urban heat island”... Read more

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[Clicking an image in this post will load a larger version of the image. A slideshow of the images in this post, and more, is also available. Previous posts in the "Notes from Sweden" series include #1: How They Get Around, #2: Western Harbor in Malmo, and #3: The Scandinavian Green Roof Institute in Malmo.] In Brattleboro, Vermont, I'm... Read more

We wish all of you a happy, life-changing year ahead, and thank you for all the good, important work you do and choices you make. We had our annual holiday party for staff and their guests on Wednesday evening; it's something we look forward to every year. If there was enough room, we'd have you all over. That's part of the reason we've... Read more

[Clicking an image in this post will load a larger version of the image. A slideshow of the images in this post, and more, is also available. Previous posts in the "Notes from Sweden" series include #1: How They Get Around, and #2: Western Harbor in Malmo.]On a wide-ranging tour of interesting projects, programs, and companies in the Skåne... Read more

[Clicking an image in this post will load a larger version of the image. A slideshow of the images in this post, and more, is also available. Previous posts in the "Notes from Sweden" series include #1: How They Get Around.] It's enough to make architects go weak at the knees. I'm not an architect, but wandering around Malmo's Western Harbor (... Read more

[Clicking an image in this post will load a larger version of the image. A slideshow of the images in this post is also available.]Despite the light drizzle and the fading light of Sweden's mid-afternoon dusk when I arrived in Lund, it was immediately clear that the prevalent form of transportation here is bicycling. Bicycles are everywhere.... Read more

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GE Real Estate is among the world’s larger real estate investment companies, with $72 billion in assets in 31 countries; its investment business generates more than $30 billion in transactions annually. Joined by President Bill Clinton at the Greenbuild conference in Chicago in November 2007, the company announced that it would not only make... Read more

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EBN), announced its annual Top-10 Green Building Products during the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild Conference and Expo, held in November 2007 in Chicago. The Top-10 consists of the ten most exciting products added to... Read more

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International architecture firm Perkins + Will has strengthened its healthcare design practice with the acquisition of Guenther 5 Architects, a healthcare-focused firm based in New York City. The firms have not disclosed the terms of their merger. Guenther 5, headed by founder Robin Guenther, FAIA, is known for its work designing green... Read more