> Flatpack solar-powered refugee housing is IKEA's latest design: "A team of IKEA designers have taken on a challenge a little different from their usual fun with flatpack philosophy. To aid the thousands of refugees who can live in tent camps for a dozen years, IKEA set out to design a more durable and permanent dwelling."
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> The slow, uneven rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy: "After Hurricane Sandy, the south shore of Staten Island looked like it had been hit by a tsunami. The storm surge devastated whole neighborhoods suddenly, in a matter of hours. In the year since the storm, some families have been rebuilding their homes and their lives. Others are ready to sell their flood-damaged properties and move on."
> NPR asks "Is rebuilding storm-struck coastlines worth the cost?"
> Bright Lights, Big City: NYC swapping all 250,000 street lights to LED : "New York City will be seen in a whole new light over the next few years, as an effort to switch to LED street lights continues. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced all of the city’s 250,000 street lights will be changed over to light-emitting diodes in a four-year initiative. 'LEDs are the wave of the future. They last forever and they use a lot less energy,' said Bloomberg. 'The plan is for all city streets to be lit up with LEDs by 2017 and doing that will save New York City taxpayers a net of some $14 million a year.'"