August 2015

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How Much Diesel Is in the Air You’re Breathing?

New construction, cranes, and “Pardon Our Dust” signs are often a strong indicator of a neighborhood’s health, but too often those construction projects come with increased noise and diesel exhaust. But at a construction site at 3030 N. Broadway in Lakeview, that’s about to change. Sadly, no one has yet discovered a way to keep

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Chicago’s Historic Motor Club Building Gets an HVAC Makeover

UPDATED 12/10/20 Built in 1928 and opened only a year later, the Chicago Motor Club is an architectural Chicago landmark. Recently, the Art Deco skyscraper received an infrastructural makeover. With the help of LG Electronics, the Chicago Motor Club added an entire commercial HVAC system, helping it to transform into a 21st century, LEED-certified hotel.

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Illinois Joins the Powdered Alcohol Witch Hunt

UPDATED 12/3/2020 On May 11, 2015, the federal agency slapped their stamp of approval on “Palcohol,” a powdered alcohol product. Since then, America has been freaking out. Although the product has not even been made available for commercial purchase, some states are taking swift and firm action against the powdered alcohol substance. Since the federal

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Meet O’Hare Airport’s Four-Legged Landscaping Team

O’Hare International Airport is getting some much-needed landscaping from some surprising workers: a herd of goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas and burros that tend to six acres on the other side of the fence from where the planes land. The Sustainable Vegetation Management Initiative, now in its third year, has been quite a success. The landscaping

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