ArchitectureWeek DesignCommunity Forum Index » Green Building Forum

View previous topic :: View next topic
Author	Message
Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1138 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:33 pm    Post subject: Green Wednesday 2007.0509 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly green design and building news from around the world. At the 150th anniversay national AIA Convention in San Antonio last week, Al Gore gave a really super culminating presentation, to a strong, sincere, sustained standing ovation. And there were many excellent green design and building presentations, including one from Doug Farr, based on his forthcoming book on green community design and LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND), in which he pointed out: "It is no longer acceptable to make a walkable place without green buildings; or to build green buildings in the wrong places; or to fail to optimize infrastructure for the place and buildings." Farr Associates http://www.farrside.com Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Solar Boat Completes Fuel - Free Voyage - New York Times, 2007.0508 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Switzerland-US-Solar-Crossing.html Delegates Work on Climate Change Accord - New York Times, 2007.0508 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Climate-Conference.html 'Green Building' Isn't as Simple as Building Green - Realty Times, 2007.0508 http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20070508_greenbuild.htm Renewal on the Riverbank - Oregon City News, 2007.0508 http://www.oregoncitynewsonline.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=117831063199010600 Mayor's Green Building Code Still Lags Behind Other Cities - Opinion at Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 2007.0508 http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=12763 Scientists Find Residue in Oregon Streams - New York Times, 2007.0507 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Rivers-Drugs.html Steelhead Listed as 'Threatened' Species - New York Times, 2007.0507 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Puget-Sound-Steelhead.html OHSU Center First to Achieve LEED Platinum - ACP Pubs, 2007.0507 http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6439822.html When Concrete Goes from Gray to "Green" - Independent Mail, 2007.0506 http://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/may/06/when-concrete-goes-gray-green/ Businesses Try to Make Money and Save the World - New York Times, 2007.0506 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/business/yourmoney/06fourth.html?em&ex=1178596800&en=8be02005bec26dbe&ei=5087%0A Shops and Offices to Go Eco-Friendly - The Independent, 2007.0506 http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2516742.ece When Carbon Is Currency - New York Times, 2007.0506 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/business/yourmoney/06emit2.html?ex=1179115200&en=3db517b80bdd014f&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS More Low-Income Housing Being Built Green - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0505 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/314533_green05.html?source=mypi Monsanto Patent Rejected after 13 Years - Nature, 2007.0504 http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070430/full/070430-14.html Fresh from the Depths - Building Design, 2007.0504 http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3086263&origin=BDweekly The EcoManor Is LEED-Certified, but Still a Monstrosity - UnBeige, 2007.0504 http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/architecture/the_ecomanor_is_leedcertified_but_still_a_monstrosity_58270.asp Biggest Energy Efficiency Steps in 30 Years - Scoop, 2007.0503 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0705/S00101.htm "Beantown" to "Greentown" - Revitalization Online, 2007.0503 http://www.revitalizationonline.com/article.asp?id=1788 WWF: Stopping Climate Change Is Possible - WWF Press Release, 2007.0502 http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2007/2007-05-02-01.asp LEED Gold Hospital - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0502 http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0502/environment_1-1.html Because of unusually strict technical, mechanical, and air quality requirements, hospitals are one of the most difficult building types to design sustainably. Yet the Providence Newberg Medical Center by Mahlum Architects has achieved a LEED Gold rating — the first hospital in the United States to do so. It is also the first U.S. hospital to acquire enough renewable electric power to meet all its needs. Product News - Retractable Window Screens from JELD-WEN(R) http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0502/products_update.html People and Places This Week - Indianapolis, San Francisco, Hollywood, Oakland, Incheon, Rosemont: http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0502/people_and_places.html -- * -- Topical eNewsletters by ArchitectureWeek Residential Tuesday - housing news and analysis http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html Green Wednesday - sustainable design and building news http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html -- * -- Classic Home 013 - 'Four-room bungalow', by Frederick L. Ackerman http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0502/classic_home.html This Week's Quiz - The Roman Colosseum is an amphitheatre begun by Vespasian in AD 70 and completed by Domitian 12 years later. How many people could it seat: 15,000? 30,000? 50,000? http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0502/quiz.html Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz... It is hard to determine exact numbers, but it has been estimated that commercial and residential buildings consume about 65 percent of all electricity used in the United States and about 40 percent of all raw materials. These buildings account for about what percentage of greenhouse gases? http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0502/answer.html ArchitectureWeek Jobs Board http://jobs.ArchitectureWeek.com/ Current Events and Exhibits http://calendar.ArchitectureWeek.com/events/ New Design Competitions http://calendar.ArchitectureWeek.com/competitions/ Upcoming Conferences and Expos http://calendar.ArchitectureWeek.com/conferences/ Green Building Forum http://arch.DesignCommunity.com/forum-22.html Modern Living Forum http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/forum-14.html Architecture Discussion Forum http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/forum-6.html Architecture Students Forum http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/forum-13.html ArchWeek Classified Ads - Buy/Sell & Services http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/adverts.php Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - Repetitive fenestration of three-mullion windows with raised panel spandrels, modern commercial building (WI-158) http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0502/contents.html Five years ago in ArchitectureWeek: Costs of Dumb Growth, by John Fregonese and Lynn Peterson http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0508/index.html For any subscription-related questions, just drop us a line at "subscriptions@architectureweek.com". Discuss with us in our Green Building Forum: http://arch.DesignCommunity.com/forum-22.html Joining the list to get this weekly is always free. And please write to us directly anytime, at "editor@architectureweek.com". Best wishes, Kevin Matthews Editor in Chief ArchitectureWeek ArchitectureWeek is a green publication. By publishing this professional design and building magazine online-only, we save about 48 tons of paper monthly, 50 large trees every week, or 2500 trees a year, compared to reaching a similar readership on paper - not counting these newsletters! We provide ongoing pro-bono services to local non-profit sustainability organizations. And our company offices are powered by 100% wind energy through our local utility: http://www.eweb.org/Business/windpower/index.htm Market to thousands in this weekly green design and building newsletter: http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/media_kit.html Update your entry in Archiplanet, the building industry's hottest wiki: http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Help:Getting_Started Suggest a web site to be linked from our free Web Directory: http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/links/ Join the free email list for this weekly email newsletter: http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html Subscribe and contribute to help support ArchitectureWeek on the Web: https://archweek.securesites.com/cgi-bin/support_archweek.cgi To UNSUBSCRIBE, and also for self-service change of email address: http://www.architectureweek.com/mailman/listinfo/wednesday + - - Copyright (c) 2007 Artifice, Inc. - All Rights Reserved. - - + Share Green Wednesday with a friend!
Back to top	share:   blogger     del.icio.us     digg     slashdot
Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

ArchitectureWeek DesignCommunity Forum Index » Green Building Forum

Page 1 of 1