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Finding the Green Lining: Surviving and Thriving in an Economic Downturn

The iconic American investor Warren Buffet once mused that it's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.
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Knauf Introduces Ecose Biobased Binder

Knauf's EcoBatt insulation uses a new biobased binder with no added formaldehyde, although it has not revealed the proprietary ingredients.
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This photograph shows the main entrance to the school and its landscaping. The shrub areas are watered via high efficiency drip irrigation supplied with captured rainwater fed from the stormwater detention pond. The turf areas and trees are not irrigated and will be dependent upon natural rainfall to sustain them.Editors' Pick:

Staley High School, Kansas City, MO


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Weighting Environmental Impact Categories
Life-cycle assessments (LCAs) score products or design options across a series of environmental impact categories. To compare two products with different impact profiles, it becomes necessary to weight those categories, a difficult process.