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U.S. Skyscraper Designs 'Trump' Competition
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America is standing tall—literally. Three of the top five tallest building projects completed in 2009 are located in the United States, according to data released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More
Britain Unveils Plans for 1,300 Square Miles of Wind Turbines
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Take 100 billion pounds, a plan to create 60,000 jobs and the urgent need to end an addition to fossil fuels, and what do you get? The first steps in Britain's plan to develop its offshore wind farm capabilities. The U.K. recently announced plans for two massive turbine farms, and has
set a target of producing 33 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2020—a 3,000 percent increase over current capacity.
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NASA Space Tech to Make Green Buildings More Efficient
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NASA has announced a plan to
develop next-gen intelligent, automated monitoring systems for both offices and research environments.
Collaborating with Integrated Building Solutions (IBS), the system will enhance energy efficiency, reduce consumption and provide a more comfortable workspace. The system will be tested at NASA's Sustainability Base after its completion in 2010.
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Expanding Use of Wind Power Feasible But May be
Costly
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Wind could replace coal and natural gas for 20 or 30 percent of electricity supplied in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024, according to a study released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Energy, but doing so would
require a reorganization of the power grid and a significant increase in costs.
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London's Olympic Stadium to be Made Out of Recycled Guns and Knives
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Knives and guns
seized from London thugs are being recycled into building materials for the 2012 Olympic Games, police said. London's Metropolitan Police said it collected more than 52 tons of scrap metal from guns, knives and old keys in the last financial year. The force said the recovered steel, iron and other valuable metals were melted down and used in construction, with some of the materials going to the Olympic site in Stratford, east London.
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Taiwan Urged to Join China-U.S. Green Cooperation
Taiwan News
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A leading advocate of low-carbon
cities has urged Taiwan to join the cooperative effort on environmental protection between the United States and China through a private fund.
The fund could help Taiwan work with the world's two biggest carbon emitters while avoiding Taiwan's complex sovereignty issue, Sustainable Development Technology Foundation Chairman C.S. Kiang told the Central News Agency at an international economic forum that concluded in Taipei.
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Tips Help You Cope With
Disruptive Co-Workers
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It's the chitchat that never seems to end. Or the humming or whistling while you're trying to concentrate. Or the smell of someone's lunch (what IS she eating???), or even a whiff of body odor.
The most irritating or disruptive things about a job may have nothing to do with too much
work or boring assignments. Sometimes what gets your goat is the annoying habits of the person at the next desk or cubicle.
What do you do? Put up with it? Complain to your co-worker and maybe start a rift? Complain to the boss and possibly make everything worse?
Management consultants say you should address such issues if they could end up affecting how well you do your job. This article includes some tips about the best way to deal with disruptive co-workers.
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More Reliable Forecasts for Water Flows Can Reduce Price of
Electricity
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Brazil, Canada, China, the U.S., Russia, Norway, Japan and Sweden are among the largest producers of hydroelectric power in the world. One problem for hydroelectric power companies is that the great
variations in the river flow and the lack of long-term forecasts make it difficult for power companies to determine how much water in their dams should be saved or released.
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Solar Shingles See the Light of Day
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Dow Chemical is moving full speed ahead to develop roof shingles embedded with photovoltaic cells. To facilitate the move, the U.S. Department of Energy has backed Dow's efforts with a US$17.8 million tax credit that will help the company launch an initial market test of the
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Urban 'Green' Spaces Not So Environmentally Friendly
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The
environmental cost of maintaining lawns and parks in urban areas is far greater than the benefits, says a forthcoming study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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