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What makes a smart, green building tick?
Created: 08/22/2007
Video description: CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica goes inside a green building--Genzyme Center in Cambridge, Mass., where daylight is automatically beamed inside by heliostats and office workers have a constant stream of outside air.

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