15 of The Greenest Buildings in The World

geekabout.com — If we really are serious about protecting the environment and ultimately ourselves then we must build green in the future, and ideally retrofit current structures with greener functionality. Here is a mixture of 15 current, in-construction and planned green architectural treasures from around the world. Jan 7, 2008 View in Crawl 4

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popothebright Jan 8, 2008

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How about a hut in Nigeria? A log cabin in Vermont? An Igloo in Greenland? Oh, I see.. you mean "big urban buildings".

kelsosmythe Jan 8, 2008

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What a good storey.

benjorino Jan 8, 2008

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Most of those buildings were grey. Buried as inaccurate.

diggduggdone Jan 8, 2008

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If you count slaves: Too many!

thuktun Jan 8, 2008

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When I saw "Masdar" (the name and the pic), "Mashadar" popped into my head for some reason.

bfdonnelly Jan 8, 2008

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Nonsense!The greenest building in the world is probably some hut in Chad or Vietnam. After they have honed their environmental response over a few millennia, maybe it's time to give traditional builders some credit. What's the embodied energy in all that glass, for instance?

darrenpauli Jan 8, 2008

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"Here is a mixture of 15 current, *** in-construction *** and planned green architectural treasures"I'd highlight the word in bright colours if I could, just to be sure you won't miss it.Helps to read the words along with the pretty pictures.

justraw Jan 9, 2008