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This week is the anniversary of the patent for the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell. On March 7, 1876, the US Patent Office approved patent 174,465 for the first apparatus capable of transmitting the human voice through sound vibration. One hundred and thirty plus years later, it’s not difficult to wonder what Bell would think of all the modes of communication that evolved from his design.

How far we’ve come!

good: Why Historic Buildings Are Greener Than LEED-Certified New Ones For buildings of comparable size and use, old buildings are almost always the greenest buildings. A new report from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Green Lab concludes that constructing new, energy-efficient buildings almost never saves as much energy as renovating old ones. Read more on GOOD→  Yeah!

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Why Historic Buildings Are Greener Than LEED-Certified New Ones

For buildings of comparable size and use, old buildings are almost always the greenest buildings. A new report from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Green Lab concludes that constructing new, energy-efficient buildings almost never saves as much energy as renovating old ones.

Read more on GOOD→ 

Yeah!