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Reinventing Modular Housing as Green
Reinventing Modular Housing as Green
Amid the flagging housing market, manufacturers of factory-built homes have realized that concepts like efficiency and sustainability make for good business strategy.
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Switchboard, from NRDC — ... at Caterpillar manufacturing plant. Treehugger explains what went wrong in the peanut butter industry. The EPA is suing Westar Energy for violating the Clean Air Act. A new version of Kindle is coming soon. Looking for a green job in Oregon? PDX Green advises readers on where to look for one. BrightSource Energy announces largest solar energy deal in the world (Green Wombat, Dot Earth). The modular housing industry makes efficiency and sustainability part of its business ...

Durst at BoA Tower, Stimulus Funds for THE Tunnel, & Apple in Williamsburg at Edge
N/A — ... hopeful One Bryant Park / Bank of America Tower. Core of LEED Gold hopeful Freedom Tower now 100 feet above grade. THE Tunnel- second tube under Hudson for New Jersey Transit- may benefit from stimulus funds . Much of New York City’s next-generation skyline is "on hold." Apple store may be coming to LEED Silver hopeful Edge condos in Williamsburg. New York-based design-builder New World Home recasting the modular house as green . DOB issues stop work order ...

Passive Houses, Weatherizing, Modular Housing, + LEED Liberties
Green Building : Jetson Green — Weatherizing the storm. Green industry not as badly hurt in bad market. Building green houses for the poor. Passive houses are aggressive energy savers. Energy-efficient passive houses gaining steam. Modular housing is reinvented as green housing. Be careful of: taking liberties with LEED. Taking the urban composting challenge. Make sure to plug the little leaks. Follow ...

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