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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Process and Systems of Sustainable Design | |
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| The Process of Applied Sustainable Engineering Design | |
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| Framing the Design Challenge | |
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| Creating a New Paradigm for Design | |
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| Integrating Disciplines: Architects and Engineers | |
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| The Sustainable Design Team - An Engineer?s Perspective | |
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| Design Drivers for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems | |
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| Project Drivers | |
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| Establishing Project Values and Setting Goals | |
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| Defining Desired Outcomes and Metrics | |
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| Creating Frameworks and Action Plans | |
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| Design Strategies | |
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| Implementing the Process | |
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| Applying Integrative Design on Old Mint Plaza | |
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| Goal-Setting at Aquatera, Florida | |
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| Sustainable Infrastructure Frameworks | |
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| Establishing a Framework | |
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| Green Building Rating Systems - Helping or Hurting? An Architect's Perspective | |
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| Using Sustainable Infrastructure Frameworks | |
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| Using Frameworks for Different Types of Development | |
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| Pillars of Sustainability | |
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| Pillars of Sustainability at The Great Wall Eco Villages | |
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| PlaNYC: Pillars of Sustainability in Action | |
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| The Scale-Density Framework | |
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| Applying the Scale-Density Framework to New Development | |
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| The Transect | |
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| Using the Transect to Redevelop Tehachapi | |
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| AIA COTE "Ten Measures of Sustainability" | |
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| The Built Form-Ecology Framework | |
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| Balancing Human and Ecological Development on the Santa Lucia Preserve | |
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| Table of Ecosystem Services | |
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| Synergy and Sustainable Community Design | |
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| One Planet Living Framework - Sonoma Mountain Village | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Sustainable Resource Systems | |
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| Water Conservation & Supply | |
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| The Aspen Institute: Energy and Environment Program | |
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| Water Management Plans | |
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| Achieving Water Balance | |
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| Looking at a Water Balance for a Buddhist Center in California | |
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| Water Balance on the "Ahwahnee" Project | |
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| The Living Building Challenge - WATER | |
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| Analyzing Water Sources | |
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| Groundwater | |
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| Surface Water | |
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| Rainwater | |
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| Brackish Water | |
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| Seawater | |
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| Stormwater | |
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| Water Supply Strategies | |
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| Reduce Demand / Conserve Water | |
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| Improvements to Infrastructure | |
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| Expansion of Existing Water Resources | |
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| Rainwater Harvesting for a residential property in Sausalito | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Inegrated Water Management | |
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| Water as Resource, Not Waste Product | |
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| Impacts of Modern Wastewater Practice | |
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| Redefining Waste Water | |
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| Integrated Stormwater Management | |
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| Effects of Development on Stormwater Runoff | |
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| Low Impact Development Design Principles | |
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| Benefits of LID Stormwater Management | |
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| Order of Design Operations | |
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| Urban Stormwater Treatment Strategies in San Mateo County | |
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| Urban Stormwater Treatment Strategies | |
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| Extensive Stormwater Treatment Systems | |
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| Addressing Constraints and Barriers to Implementation | |
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| Inadequate Local Resources | |
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| Cost | |
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| Physical Site Constraints | |
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| Utility Conflicts | |
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| Maintenance Burden | |
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| Mint Plaza | |
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| San Francisco's Urban Watershed Planning Charrette | |
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| Graywater Treatment and Reuse | |
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| Graywater Quality Characterization | |
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| Potential as an Alternative Water Source | |
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| Graywater Reuse Systems | |
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| Keys to Long-term Success of a Graywater System | |
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| Berkeley Ecohouse | |
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| Hillside Residence | |
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| Integrating Graywater into a Water Resources Master Plan | |
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| System Process and Components | |
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| Blackwater Management Approaches | |
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| Blackwater Treatment Levels | |
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| Treatment Technologies | |
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| Blackwater Reuse Potential | |
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| Shifting the Water Treatment Paradigm | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Energy and Greenhouse Gases | |
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| Reducing Demand through Design | |
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| Reducing Energy Use in Buildings | |
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| Passive Design Strategies | |
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| Using Energy Efficiently | |
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| Energy Efficient Systems for Communities | |
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| Accounting for Water as an Energy Use | |
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| Reducing Demand through Transportation Changes | |
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| Designing Sustainable Power Supplies | |
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| Solar Power | |
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| Photovoltaics (PVs) | |
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| Solar Thermal | |
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| Wind Power | |
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| Permitting Steps for Small Wind Turbines | |
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| Geothermal Systems | |
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| Biomass | |
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| Biogas | |
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| Water Power | |
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| Addressing Climate Change and Reducing Carbon Footprint | |
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| Measuring a Project's Carbon Footprint | |
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| Reducing a Project's Carbon Impact | |
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| Developing Carbon-Neutrality Management Plans | |
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| Policy Measures for Increasing Energy Security & Efficiency | |
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| Setting Caps | |
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| Net-Metering | |
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| Renewable Energy Certificates | |
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| Green Power Programs | |
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| Incentive Programs | |
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| Regional Power Purchasing Agreements | |
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| Building Scale Financing Options | |
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| Utility Profit Decoupling Strategies | |
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| Efficiency Incentives & Requirements | |
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| Design Guidelines and Performance Standards | |
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| Efficiency Programs and Standards | |
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| Performance Standards | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Sustainable Site Planning, Built Systems and Material Flows | |
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| Sustainable Site Planning | |
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| Understanding a Site as a Living System | |
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| Understanding Natural Patterns | |
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| Analysis: Performing Contextual Background Studies | |
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| Synthesis: Interpretation and Response | |
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| Green Streets and Transportation Networks | |
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| Complete Streets | |
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| Typical Street Types and Uses | |
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| Implementing a Woonerf - Santa Monica Borderline | |
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| Implementing Smart-Growth Streets | |
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| Green Streets | |
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| City of Portland Green Streets Program (Portland, OR) | |
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| Chicago Green Alleys Program | |
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| Working with the Land | |
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| Sensitive Streetscape Design | |
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| Santa Lucia Preserve Street Design Process | |
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| Sensitive Site Design | |
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| Balancing Earthwork using Grading Analysis | |
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| Material and Waste Flows | |
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| Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Infrastructure Materials | |
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| Materials Red List1 | |
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| Choosing Environmentally Appropriate Materials | |
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| Post Tensioning in Concrete Structures | |
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| Construction Methods and Management | |
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| Solid Waste Management | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Design Applications | |
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| City-Scale Approaches | |
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| Guangzhou - City-Scale Transformation in China | |
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| Tianjin Eco-City Master Plan | |
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| PlaNYC - An Integrated Stormwater Approach | |
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| San Francisco City Greening Initiatives | |
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| San Francisco Better Streets Plan | |
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| Urban Forest Master Plan | |
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| Stormwater Design Guidelines | |
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| Sewer System Master Plan | |
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| Mission Streetscape Plan | |
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| Cesar Chavez Green Street Corridor | |
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| Old Mint Plaza | |
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| Pavement to Parks Initiative | |
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| The Expressive Potential of Infrastructure | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Applications for Sustainable Communities | |
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| Achieving a Perfect Balance: Pearl Island, Panama | |
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| Going beyond Engineering - Sharing Standards for Sustainability | |
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| Integrating Stormwater Strategies into the Transect at the Community Scale: Cattle Creek, Colorado | |
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| Stitching Together Lost Connections with Green Infrastructure | |
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| Building-Scale Sustainable Infrastructure | |
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| The California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California | |
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| Creating the New Academy | |
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| Chartwell School: Design Teaches Children to Celebrate Water, Energy | |
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| Pearl Island, Panama - Designing Buildings for Energy Savings | |
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| Sustainable Sites Initiative | |
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| Brisbane City Hall - Green Site Design | |
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| Stanford Green Dorm - Living Laboratory | |
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| Pearl River Tower - Guangzhou, China | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Conclusion | |