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More Employers Use Tech to Track Workers
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Almost every worker has done it: gotten in a little Facebook updating, personal e-mailing, YouTube watching and friend
calling while on the clock.
Such indiscretions often went undetected by company management everywhere but the most secure and highly proprietary companies or governmental agencies. Not anymore. More
The Strata: World's First Skyscraper with Built-in Wind Turbines
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Prepare to be blown away: The latest addition to London's skyline is a striking modern skyscraper that is heralded as the world's first building with wind turbines built in. Nicknamed "The Razor," the 148 meter-tall
Strata tower is topped with a trio of turbines that will produce enough power to meet 8 percent of its energy needs.
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Behind China's Zero-energy Skyscraper
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The Holy Grail of modern architecture is to design a zero-energy building or ZEB. ZEBs use solar, wind and
geothermal systems to produce at least as much energy as they tap from the grid. In some cases, a building's owner can sell the excess electricity generated by the structure back to its utility, reducing overall demand for power generated by coal and other greenhouse gas-emitting plants. Yet ask any architect and you'll get an earful on the design challenges of ZEBs. In fact, there are only eight nonresidential ZEBs in the U.S.—all of them tiny. That didn't deter Chicago-based architecture
firm SOM from trying. It designed the Pearl River Tower, a 71-story skyscraper in Guangzhou, China, that will open this fall.
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U.S. Makes Progress Toward Cleaner Air
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making the most recent data available on the state of the nation's air quality. Air pollution impacts public health, the environment and the Earth's climate, and understanding these impacts are important
priorities for the agency. EPA regulatory actions and voluntary efforts have led to cleaner cars, industries and consumer products, that in turn have contributed to improvements in the nation's air.
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China Still Holds Commanding Lead in Global Clean Tech Race
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China's production of
scientific knowledge is now second only to the U.S. It is the top manufacturer of both solar photovoltaic and solar hot water heaters, and was also the largest installer of new wind farms in 2009. Over the next 10 years, China may dump a staggering US$660 billion into its clean energy build-out. But while China is leading the global clean tech race, the competition isn't over, according to research firm Clean Edge.
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Experts Weigh In: Are Glass Buildings on Their Way Out?
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Are the days of the all-glass buildings numbered? That was the question posed in a recent article published online in Architect Magazine. According to the article, "Glazed buildings, including the Gherkin, could become 'pariahs' by
2050 because of their inability to cope with climate change and dwindling resources such as power and water."
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"Cautious Optimism" Describes the 2010 Building Automation
Market
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According to BCS/2010, the latest market analysis from BCS Partners, cautious optimism prevails for the near future with regard to the building automation market. The market took a serious hit in 2009, but modest growth is expected in 2010-2011. This marketplace, however, isn't
forecast to regain its pre-crisis level until 2012.
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Renewable Energy Investment May Reach US$200 Billion in 2010
BusinessWeek
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Renewable energy
investment may rise by 23 percent this year as government stimulus funds mainly in the U.S. and Europe are spent on wind turbines and solar panels. Spending may rise to between US$175 billion and US$200 billion this year from US$162 billion in 2009, said Bloomberg New Energy Finance Chief Executive Officer Michael Liebreich.
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Cool Architecture of the Future: 15 Amazing Skyscraper Designs
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What will the architecture of the future look like? Imagine a world where skyscrapers can walk, entire buildings can shift their form and even prisons can float. The innovative winners of the 2010 Skyscraper Competition,
held annually by eVolo magazine, have designed amazing buildings that aim to change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments. In judging the entries and selecting the winning forms, "globalization, sustainability, flexibility, adaptability and the digital revolution, were some of the multi-layered elements taken into consideration," eVolo explains.
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Free Coffee Can Caffeinate Workplace Morale
The Boston Globe
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Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 report spending an estimated US$440 a year and log more than 38 hours of time toward purchasing coffee and tea during the work week. So concludes a survey commissioned by Keurig Inc. One focus of the survey was to get
input on how to improve the mood of the workplace. Not surprisingly perhaps, the survey finds that free joe can have a salubrious effect on cubicle morale—under the right circumstances, complimentary caffeine can cause even the most cynical of drudges and drones to whistle while they work.
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