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Climate Letter to Congress | |
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The second phase of the Dockside Green project in Victoria, British Columbia, recently received a high-scoring LEED Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council. Known as Balance, this part of the development comprises 171 residential units in two adjacent towers. It earned a LEED score of 63 points out of a possible 70, matching the score of Dockside Green's first phase, Synergy (featured in ArchitectureWeek No. 401).
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We think this public letter, signed by 18 prominent climate scientists, coordinated by the Project on Climate Science, gives a succinct and accurate view of the current situation, addressed to our national legislators. Meanwhile, the "Better Buildings Initiative" announced by the White House on February 3, 2011, is an important climate- and architecture-related package moving forward administratively, even as Congress fiddles. To the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate:
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More Environment Pace of Polar Ice Melt 'Accelerating Rapidly' — CNN, 2011.0323Higher Oil Prices Hamper Fuel-Dependent Businesses — New York Times, 2011.0322 Questions Loom over US Nuclear Safety — Nature, 2011.0322 Radiation Risks Unknown — Nature, 2011.0322 Lessons from Chernobyl for Japan — New York Times, 2011.0319 Stylish Wreckage: The Ebb and Flow of the Salvage Business — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2011.0318 Polar Ice Loss Is Accelerating, Scientists Say — New York Times, 2011.0311 Ethanol Plant Is Switching to Butanol — New York Times, 2011.0310 Study Says Navy Must Adapt to Climate Change — New York Times, 2011.0310 Natural Causes Drove Russian Heat Wave, Study Finds — New York Times, 2011.0309 Warm Modern Montrose House in Virginia — Jetson Green, 2011.0309 Australian Living Completes the Eco-Challenge House — Architecture & Design (Australia), 2011.0308 Green Property: How to Live without Heating Bills — Telegraph, 2011.0308 For Saving Energy, Like Real Estate, the Three Most Important Things Are Location, Location and Location — TreeHugger, 2011.0308 SFO: The Airport of the Future — Earth911, 2011.0307 Practical Sustainability Takes on Greenwashing — Miami Herald, 2011.0307 EPA: Smart Growth Developments Enjoy Stronger Resale Appreciation — Triple Pundit (blog), 2011.0303 Passivehaus to Our Haus? — Metropolis P/O/V (blog), 2011.0303 China's Coal Policy Is Breathtakingly Self-Destructive — Climate Progress, 2011.0302 SEC Climate Change Disclosure Improves but Still Weak — ClimateBiz, 2011.0302 Dockside Green: Phase Two — ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0302 A Home for Captured Carbon Dioxide — New York Times, 2011.0301 1930s Fish Market Recycled into New Design Center in Buenos Aires — TreeHugger (Blog), 2011.0301 U.N. Unveils Tool for Tracking Progress of Climate Talks — New York Times, 2011.0228 Climate Change Takes Toll on the Lodgepole Pine — New York Times, 2011.0228 Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in Mexico — Clean Techies, 2011.0228 China Issues Warning on Climate and Growth — New York Times, 2011.0228 Not a Carbon Copy of the U.S. — Los Angeles Times, 2011.0228 Topping Off Green Schools — EDC, 2011.0226 Engineering Net-Zero Buildings — EDC, 2011.0226
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