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Empowerhouse Decathlon Entry Being Designed For A Real Community

First images of the Parsons The New School Design, courtesy Parsons When the show is over, this Solar Decathlon entry will be reassembled into a home. We’re big fans of the Solar Decathlon, although I often wonder if these little gems have much applicability to real world solutions. That is why Parsons the New School of Design’s upcoming entry in the 2011 competition is so interesting: they are going beyond the Washington Mall and building t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fired for Commuting to Work on a Segway? No Way!

Image: pdsphil, Flickr Could you get fired for riding your Segway to work? What if it needs a charge to get you back home again so you plug it in to your employer’s socket? Of course, you cannot answer such a question without a little bit of context. Maybe the guy parked his Segway in the boss’ office. Maybe it was just the last in a long line of provocations. But in this case, the context allows no such conclusion. The employee in question is a 41-year old computer technician, with 19 years of blemish-free performance. He rented a Segway t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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