Congress Bans Department of Defense From Getting LEED Certification
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Lloyd Alter and Peter Busby
Peter Busby of Perkins + Will Canada has designed what has been called "The greenest building in North America", the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability in Vancouver. He is now working on Canada's first building that meets the almost impossible standards of the Living Building Challenge. I had the opportunity to interview him on one of visits to his Toronto office in a converted Planters peanut factory. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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9:44 am in 100 mile diet, bathroom, composting, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, dining room, energy efficiency, food, Food & Health, food miles, green building, interiors, leed, local food, materials, recycled building materials, restaurant, shelving, spain, storage, toilets by TreeHugger
Image Credit: Fastvínic
The other day I had a delicious local sandwich in the fabulous new space Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the menu? Sandwiches. What's around you? Beautiful <...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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