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    Design Dilemma: Energy-Efficient Air Conditioning

    In the U.S., two-thirds of all homes have air conditioners.  In fact, air conditioning uses about 5% of all the electricity produced in the United States, at a cost of over $11 billion to homeowners. As a result, roughly 100 million tons of carbon dioxide are released into the air each year—an average of about […]

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    Design Dilemma: Sustainable Kitchen Countertops

    It’s hard not to buy a hunk of marble or granite for your kitchen without cringing at the environmental implications. Yes, you’ve just carved out a chunk of one of the earth’s finite resources and plunked it down in your kitchen. But what will happen when the marble or granite trend grows old?  What will […]

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    Design Dilemma: Help for City Balconies

    People with backyards have landscape designers to help them plan their outdoor space. But what happens to those of us who make do with only small city balconies? Where do we go for help? Planning and beautifying our small spaces usually is much more haphazard. We see a good idea somewhere and steal it because, […]

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