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Remember the old joke about the camper who stops to tie his shoes instead of running away from a charging grizzly? His buddy says, “Don’t bother putting on your running shoes, you can’t outrun a grizzly bear.”  And the punch line follows: “I don’t have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun you.”
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The Carbon Footprint as you know, is a measure of our impact on the environment - particularly greenhouse gas emissions produced by burning fossil-fuels for electricity, heat and transportation.
In theory, reducing our carbon emissions will slow climate change. Which is good. That’s what we want. Engineers have developed new technologies to generate power that don’t [...]

The green building movement is not just about designing less wasteful buildings. It’s also about educating people about how they can be less wasteful. It requires design and construction professionals to refine and hone their skills, perhaps even repurpose their skills to stay competitive. Our focus on, and demand for green buildings has created green-collar [...]

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released their annual construction backlog (CBI) study last week and indications are good that a construction rebound is underway, although the strength and duration of the rebound remain to be seen.
“You can summarize three important points from the recent CBI data – the worst is over for the construction industry [...]

Hello and welcome back to The Weekly LOdown - where every Friday we gather our favorite links from the architecture and building industry (our niche) and share them with you.

This week we have some green links (in honor of Greenbuild - taking place in Phoenix, AZ as we speak), some fun architecture links, and finally [...]