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1) Hot, flat, and crowded: why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America

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Examines America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11 and the global environmental crisis, and shows how the solutions to these two problems are linked-- we can restore the world and revive America at the same time.

2) Sustainable construction: green building design and delivery

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Kibert, Charles J

Series

Wiley book on sustainable design

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"The rapidly evolving and exponentially growing green building movement is arguably the most successful environmental movement in the United States today. Sustainable building has proven to yield substantial environmental and economic advantages. Green buildings are designed, built, and operated at a high level of energy and water efficiency, appropriate use of land and landscaping, use environmentally friendly materials, with special attention to...

3) Bridging the valley of death: financing technology for a sustainable future

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Book, Online Content

4) Green technologies for a more sustainable agriculture

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Hrubovcak, James

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Agriculture information bulletin volume no. 752

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Book, Online Content

5) Green light for green flight: NASA's contributions to environmentally responsible aviation

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Merlin, Peter W., 1964-

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NASA aeronautics book
NASA SP (Series) volume 646

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Book, Online Content, Online Resource

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"NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project began in 2009 to explore and document the feasibility, benefits and technical risks of advanced vehicle concepts and enabling technologies for reducing aviation's overall impact on the environment. Its goals included reducing community noise footprints, fuel burn, and nitrogen oxide emissions. This book reviews the advanced aircraft design concepts, construction technologies, and propulsion...