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    Design and Architecture

    California Builds Greener

    Starting July 1st, builders, developers, architects, and mechanical engineers are going to have to design buildings to meet new California Building Energy Efficiency Standards , a tightening up of Title 24.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jul 1, 2014 • 1 min read

    Starting July 1st, builders, developers, architects, and mechanical engineers are going to have to design buildings to meet new California Building Energy Efficiency Standards, a tightening up of Title 24.

    But in the days leading up to the new rules, designers and their clients have rushed to file projects with planning departments.

    Why? And what do these new standards mean for buildings and their occupants? We talk to Julian Parsley of Buro Happold.

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    Reclaiming Public Space-- at the Beach and at the River
    1. 0:39California Builds GreenerYou’re reading this
    2. 6:02Making L.A.’s Beaches and Rivers Public
    3. 18:48Camping on Concrete at the L.A. River
    4. 23:43 Everything Talks
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Julian Parsley

      Buro Happold

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Reclaiming Public Space-- at the Beach and at the River
    1. 0:39California Builds GreenerYou’re reading this
    2. 6:02Making L.A.’s Beaches and Rivers Public
    3. 18:48Camping on Concrete at the L.A. River
    4. 23:43 Everything Talks
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