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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1094 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:16 pm    Post subject: Green Wednesday 2007.0328 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly green design and building news from around the world. What do you think - is this a good idea for a global movement? "SYDNEY, Australia (AP): Thousands of residents as well as hundreds of businesses and officials in Australia's largest city have pledged to switch off the lights and darken Sydney for an hour this week to show concern over global warming. "Organizers hope the event will be a dramatic start to a campaign encouraging Australians to conserve energy by turning off lights and other electrical equipment _ steps they say could cut Sydney's greenhouse gas emissions by 5 percent a year. "If all goes to plan, the iconic Sydney Opera House and harbor bridge, along with dozens of skyscrapers and thousands of homes across the city, will go dark at 7:30 p.m. (0830GMT)" Australia's Biggest City Plans to Shut Off the Lights in Global Warming Gesture - The Star (Malaysia), 2007.0325 http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/25/apworld/20070325124453&sec=apworld Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Heat Invades Cool Heights over Arizona Desert - New York Times, 2007.0327 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/us/27warming.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin Challenges of Evaluating Sustainable Buildings - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0327 http://dcnonl.com/article/20070327700 Green and Growing - Boston Globe, 2007.0326 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/03/26/green_and_growing/ Warming May Create Climates, Cut Others - New York Times, 2007.0326 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Climate-Change.html Mold Found in Navy Hospital Air Ducts - KCBS, 2007.0326 http://www.kcbs.com/topic/ap_news.php?story=AP/APTV/State/CA/n/CA-BRF--SanDiego-Navy_k_n_0ca-- Faulty Towers - Toronto Star, 2007.0325 http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/195736 Global Warming Makes Ice a Hot Topic - Javno, 2007.0325 http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=29477 Brown's Paler Shade of Green - Scotsman Online, 2007.0324 http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=459132007 2037: Home Sweet Home - Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2007.0323 http://www.startribune.com/10165/story/1070663.html The Window Box Gets Some Tough Competition - New York Times, 2007.0323 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/us/23greenroof.html?ref=realestate The Mall Goes Green - BusinessWeek, 2007.0322 http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2007/sb20070322_591115.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_today's+top+stories Green Vs. Design in S.F. Tower - Los Angeles Times, 2007.0321 http://www.calendarlive.com/architecture/la-et-sanfran21mar21,0,6161600.story?coll=cl-suncal Teaching Climate - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0314 http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0314/index.html On February 20, 2007, architects and students worldwide demonstrated en masse that they are ready to go to work to stop global climate change. Their "gathering" was virtual, however, as schools, firms, and individuals from 47 countries tuned in to the 2010 Imperative Teach-In webcast. Product News - BluWood - environmentally safer treated lumber http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0314/products_update.html This Week's Quiz - When designing an unheated facility the anticipated ambient temperature can influence your choice of lamp types. What is the minimum start-up temperature for a standard compact fluorescent? http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0314/quiz.html Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz... Ground rupture, ground shaking, and differential subsidence are three of the four main causes of foundation failure due to a seismic event. 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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1094 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:56 pm    Post subject: Having published this newsletter, I want to also register a complaint about one of the stories, from the Boston Globe: Green and Growing - Boston Globe, 2007.0326 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/03/26/green_and_growing/ This is generally a good story about the high energy efficiency of affluent society in Japan, compared to the much lower efficiency of affluent society in the U.S. My complaint is mainly with the headline, though the terminology runs through the article. Energy-efficiency and reduction of carbon dioxide emission are important, essential components of "green". But they are not enough. I think it is great to recognize the energy efficiency of affluence in Japan. And I love the country, its culture, its people in many - most -ways. But I object to glibly giving a broad-brush appelation of 'green' to a country which is a global leader in abuse of world oceans in general, and their most intelligent inhabitants in particular. For instance: Stop the dolphin and whale killings in Taiji http://www.petitiononline.com/golfinho/petition.html The global crisis of biodiversity is as serious as, and is amplified by, the global climate change crisis. "Greenness" requires responsibility to both, and more.
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Antisthenes Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 591 Location: Phoenix	Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:55 am    Post subject: yes and the apology to women sex slaves as well as a more holistic approach as stated above. It reminds me of the Green Architect who eats hamburgers and drinks soda and thus can't sustain the principles of green. great newsletter, love it! _________________ The most necessary/useful piece of learning is that which unlearns what is untrue: 'evil' may be acquired, Happiness through virtue which is based on knowledge!/?
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