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Green Architecture Goes Mainstream

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Nathan Banks
6 December 2004 - 6:00am

"New buildings use design and technology to reduce environmental impact, cut costs and provide better places to work."

"Most people are not used to thinking of large buildings as vast, energy-guzzling machines. But that is what they are. In America, buildings account for 65% of electricity consumption, 36% of total energy use and 30% of greenhouse-gas emissions. So making buildings more energy-efficient could have a significant impact on energy policy..."

Full Story: The rise of the green building
Source: The Economist, December 2, 2004
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