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The departure of Philips "was the best thing to happen to Eindhoven," says Piet Hein Eek, the design entrepreneur whose signature pieces, made of reconstituted wood scraps, have become icons of the sustainable-design movement.

A Design Tradition 2010

"New urbanism deals with many sustainability issues by putting them out of sight and mind," says Douglas Farr, founding principal and president of Farr Associates, a Chicago-based sustainable-design firm.

You Are How You Live 2008

"While it has its place, mainstream America can't afford to live there," says Chad Riley, a sustainable-design consultant at the Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit that educates communities about sustainable living and design.

You Are How You Live 2008

And the American Institute of Architects recently passed a continuing-education requirement that all members take four hours of sustainable-design course work each year, as part of the eight health, safety and welfare credits required annually for membership.

Green Gap 2008

In 2005, the project was awarded a prize for sustainable construction by the Holcim Foundation.www. jmayerh.de Stefan Behnisch The word "green" is shorthand in the sustainable-design world, invoking the entire range of environmental concerns and technological innovations.

Architects Who Add Sex Appeal 2008

Stanford University, and his colleague Mike Lin, a sustainable-design lecturer at Stanford and

NYT > Technology By VICTORIA SCHLESINGER 2010

Stanford University, and his colleague Mike Lin, a sustainable-design lecturer at Stanford and

NYT > Home Page By VICTORIA SCHLESINGER 2010

Jonas Ketterle, a top mechanical engineering student at Stanford University, and his colleague Mike Lin, a sustainable-design lecturer at Stanford and Yale, are studying how 150 million people in developing countries make do using electricity from hacked car batteries,

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With a hopeful eye on Washington's coffers, he recommends infrastructure and sustainable-design projects.

ArchitecturalRecord.com: Daily Headlines 2009

Gil Friend, CEO of Natural Logic, a sustainable-design company based in Berkeley, CA, agrees.

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