What is green building? As the global climate warming‚ more and more people focus on building energy efficiency. There is more awareness that CO2 produced by building energy use is the main source of climate warming. Energy-saving buildings become inevitable trend of development‚ the green building also arises in time. Green building can be define as to the construction of the whole life cycle‚ for maximize resource conservation (epa.gov‚ 19/12/2012). It includes energy saving‚ land saving‚ water
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Ngan Do Eva Fraga November 15‚ 2012 Compare and Contrast New Year Eve in Different Countries Wouldn’t it be fun to travel around the world and celebrate the New Year all year long? All over the world‚ people celebrate the New Year; This is one of the oldest of all holidays. Most New Year celebrations focus on family and friends‚ food and traditions‚ but not all of the celebrations take place on the same day or in the same way! Because people in different parts of the world
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It was the worst thing to happen in American history. It showed that if we were to be attacked again‚ we could only depend on each other and no other nations to help us. It made us united as one powerful nation who can stand up from the ruins of thousands of pounds of metal and fight so that we won’t have to be in ruins again. After that day our country became something no one had seen before‚ we became united as one. That day was so tragic and unforgettable we had become closer‚ more spiritual‚
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The Vietnamese lunar New Year festival‚ Tet Nguyen Dan‚ is the most significant holiday taking place within the first three days of the New Year. The nearer New Year comes the more excited and enthusiastic people are. In general‚ preparation for Tet starts one week before New Year’s Day. There are three main activities in this week: shopping‚ cleaning and decorating houses‚ and "Tat Nien" parties. Shopping is the most interesting activity before Tet. There is a number of items must be bought. In
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down at the tables and chairs‚ and customers chatting with each other over a coffee based beverage. I went to the counter to order my coffee and ordered what I get everyday ;a large cup of black coffee. As I walked across the shop to the sugar counter‚ I heard a familiar voice behind me‚ as I turned around it was Sam from my Boys Home 10 years ago talking on his phone. I looked at him very closely and examine on how much he has changed. His white hair is thin and combed over from one ear to the
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would be fun. Have you ever driven along Wilshire before? Except to go from point A to point B? ROBERT: No. The two friends drive along in silence. ROBERT gazes at the sidewalk‚ interested in the activities that he passes by. ROBERT: You know what? DAVE: What? ROBERT: This city is really sad. There is no one around. No one walks on the streets. DAVE: Bums. Bums walk along the streets. ROBERT: They don’t really count‚ do they? DAVE: (A beat). Why would ‘bums’ not count? They are people‚ just like
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Experiencing life as a knight is better than experiencing life as a samurai for the reason that the rules that knights had to follow were less strict than the rules that samurai had to follow. The samurai bushido code stated that a samurai had to live by honour. If a samurai was to lose his honour he would have to commit suicide. Samurai could lose their honour by failing to protect their daimyo‚ losing one of their swords‚ or losing in battle. This meant that samurai had to be on guard at all times
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all cultures‚ and has defined much of the literature in human history. This myth occurs so frequently in literature that readers often can predict the outcome of novels based on it. Upon analysis of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight and Beowulf‚ I noticed the archetypal heroic qualities characters Sir Gawain and Beowulf posses. These character’s qualities are contrastable because of different societal influence and time frame in which they were written; yet the qualities are also quite comparable due
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are a modern Sir Thomas More in the United States of America. Just as Sir Thomas More highlighted problems with European societies in Book I of Utopia‚ you are to discuss current problems with American society today. Remember that More discussed unfair punishment for crime‚ a corrupt socio-economic system‚ the greediness of kings‚ and distrust in technology. He also closely analyzed the corruption of advisors to the king. These were all significant problems in 16th century England. What are the significant
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this essay‚ I will briefly review the history‚ definition of Green IT‚ approaches to implement green IT with examples‚ benefits and costs of Green IT. History and Definition of Green IT History of Green IT started with energy star program in 1992 which was designed to encourage and recognize the energy efficiency in the monitors and printing product. Green IT was emerged shortly after the energy star program and the goals of green IT are to reduce the use of hazardous materials‚ maximize energy
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