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Broadstone Centreport, Texas |
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Located in Northern Texas, Broadstone Centreport is an eco-friendly apartment community built to Green Built North Texas's energy-efficient standards, a regional set of green building guidelines. Broadstone has the convenience of apartment living combined with single family home features and spacious interiors. |
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Green Power |
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You may be surprised to learn that renewable energy and green power are not synonymous! This is due to the fact that the two do not have the same source, have different effects on the environment and have different costs. In fact, green power is simply a subset of renewable energy. It often has higher environmental benefits and is defined as electricity produced from solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact small hydroelectric sources. Green power is appealing to many individuals |
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3 Great Eco-trips Ideas |
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Eco-trips are chosen with the goal of maintaining the environment for as long as possible, so the upcoming generations of globetrotters can take pleasure in it, too. |
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AMLI 900 |
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The futuristic sounding name of these apartments is well fitting indeed. These apartments were designed for the future because of their green amenities. AMLI 900 has achieved LEED certification for several reasons. |
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An Inconvenient Truth |
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It seems like everyone has seen the movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” however it’s apparent there are still people out there who haven’t seen the film. One woman was quoted saying, “What is it about? It sounds like it’s about war. Are we going to war?” In a way, yes, we are going to war, but it’s not the typical war with soldiers, battlefields, and guns. It’s a war against time, a war against ourselves. |
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Armory del Park |
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Arizona is noted for its warm weather. The state routinely has 100 plus degree days. The Armory Park del Sol development is a historic location that takes advantage of the Arizona sun to power the community. |
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Azotea Senior Apartments |
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Azotea Senior Apartments is the new construction of a 60 unit development in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The development features a combination of 14 one and two story buildings. In the buildings there is a variety of 24 one-bedroom apartments and 36 two-bedroom apartments. |
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Basic Guidelines of Solar Installation |
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The basic guidelines of solar installation are broken up into small groups. These points are easily followed and can help any individual, beginner or professional, install a solar system. |
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Becoming Carbon Neutral |
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Society’s excessive use of carbon is finally catching up. People are now focusing on carbon footprints to keep track of their carbon usage. The concept of not using carbon is unlikely. Instead, the best idea is to become carbon neutral. Carbon neutrality means eliminating your carbon emissions where possible and offsetting your unavoidable carbon emissions with actions that do not add carbon dioxide to the environment. |
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Best Communities to Find Green Rentals |
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EnviroCitizen.org has found that finding a green place to live is no small feat. It can be hard to find the optimal place by sorting fact from fiction. We have reviewed a few places that are worth considering if you are looking for a green rental. |
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Best Green Places to Retire |
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Choosing a place for retirement requires some research. You want to spend your remaining years as comfortable as possible, but you also need to be able to afford it. Green places to retire are getting popular because the relationship between environment and quality of life has been shown. |
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Busby, Perkins, and Will |
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Established in 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Busby, Perkins and Will is an integrated architecture, interiors and planning firm recognized for its leadership. It uses many approaches for its multi-faceted projects. |
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Can a Vacation Really be Green? |
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When you consider the environmental impact of a vacation, you might wonder whether you can really have a green vacation. Airplane travel is a monster, when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions. For example, if you and your family of 4 take a flight from Los Angeles, California to New York City, New York, you'll rack up more than 11,000 pounds of carbon emissions. |
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Can Geothermal Energy be Depleted |
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Geothermal energy is considered to be a renewable energy source. Geothermal energy is found within the earth’s core, created by the earth’s origination, as well as solar rays which continually strike the planet’s surface. Geothermal energy is very different from thermal energy which is manifested by molecular changes in temperature. |
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Can Wind Power Be Stored |
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Wind power is quickly becoming an effective solar energy source. While the first wind turbine was used over 5,500 years ago, wind turbines didn’t surface again until the early 1980s. Since then, wind power has become extremely popular because of its renewable nature. It is a clean energy and it does not release greenhouse gases. Between 2005 and 2008, the use of wind power doubled. Currently, over 80 countries use wind as a source of energy. |
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Can Wind Power Run Out |
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Wind power has been around for thousands of years, first appearing approximately 5,500 years ago. Wind power was used for shipping and sailing, to provide natural ventilation, and to create power for ventilation systems. Over hundreds of years wind power continued to evolve, pumping water and being used for grinding. Wind power largely disappeared during the modern era, eventually returning with a contemporary design in the early 1980s. It was at this point that wind power began to be used more |
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Can You Purchase Residential Wind Turbines |
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Wind power is not limited to commercial activity. While wind farms may be very popular, they are not the only place to find solar wind power. These days it is also possible to purchase residential wind turbines. |
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Cape Cod Style Plans |
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The Cape Cod cottage is a style of house that originated in New England in the 17th century. It is traditionally characterized as a low, broad frame building, generally a story and a half high with a steep, perfectly pitched roof with styling on the ends, a large central chimney and very little ornamentation. |
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Carbon Offsetting Air Travel |
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Whether you’re taking a much-needed family vacation, a honeymoon, or a business trip, you can make your vacation more eco-friendly. For starters, consider vacationing at a resort that uses renewable energy, such as solar or wind, to power its facility. Other resorts that claim they are green also implement other steps to reduce their carbon footprint (and yours, if you stay there) and protect the native ecosystem. |
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Central Park at Stapleton |
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Colorado is becoming well known as a place where the green revolution is a way of life. Stapleton is an award-winning master planned community on a former airport site just outside of Denver. It was designed as a sustainable community. It is planned to accommodate 12,000 homes and 13 million square feet of commercial space over the next 15 years.
When the airport closed, local officials, developers, community members and environmentalists met to discuss the best use for the site. They conclu |
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