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The bicycle is a wonderful marriage between (hu)man and machine.  Of course, it helps to have pavement roads to minimize friction, but it still amazes me that you can, using your own energy, travel 75 miles in a day.  This sounds like a grueling feat, but it’s really just a series of ~10-mile rides. 

Three of the our four members of “Team CSL” from last year returned, including Harold Anderson, Debbie Boyer and me, and Tim McIntyre rejoined us this year.  You may recall that Tim broke his wrist last year and was unable to ride.  Read the rest of this entry »

With evidence of climate change becoming more prevalent, there is a growing awareness and desire to reduce our “carbon footprint.”  While there continues to be debate in the mainstream about the cause and effects of climate change, the scientific community is overwhelmingly undivided on the subject.

In America, buildings are responsible for about 39% of the country’s total carbon emissions.  This represents a significant opportunity for rethinking how we design, build and use buildings.  A team led by HOK and The Weidt Group decided to try and design a market-rate, class A office building with net-zero emissions. Using the Department of Energy’s definition, this is “a building that produces and exports at least as much emissions-free renewable energy as it imports and uses from emission-producing energy sources annually.”  Read the rest of this entry »