Green Wednesday 2006.1101

Wed Nov 1 13:57:41 PST 2006

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you
weekly news on green design and building from around the world.

The biggest story this week made it through to some of the general
media:  the 700 page Stern report to the UK government confirms,
with real economic authority and in detail, that in the face of the
global warming crisis we can pay a little now, or break the bank
later.

Much of the other news this week is about energy.  That's good
because it is important, and though the path is pretty clear,
there's a long way to go.  Restructuring energy use and production
is also not enough - and some of these stories go there, too.

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Preservation, 'Green Building' Hit Historic Wall - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2006.1031
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_477450.html

Environmental Considerations for Printing Plants and Expansions - Editor & Publisher, 2006.1031
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003317330

Irish Home Rating Scheme Branded Greenwash - NewBuilder, 2006.1031
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1662

UK Urged to Export Green Building Skills - NewBuilder, 2006.1031
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1659

Sydney's Vanishing Future - Sydney Morning Herald, 2006.1030
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/vision-of-a-sinking-sydney/2006/10/29/1162056867073.html

Clean Vs. Dirty Is Only Part of Renewable Energy Debate - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006.1030
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/290459_i93730.html

U.K. Report: Warming Will Damage Economy - Cincinnati.com, 2006.1030
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_GLOBAL_WARMING?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The City (of London) Goes Green - TimesOnline, 2006.1029
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-2426490,00.html

Conserve with Straw - Coloradoan, 2006.1029
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061029/BUSINESS/610290308

Keeping It Green: Renovators of Historic Buildings - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2006.1028
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/homegarden/s_477044.html

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Putting Energy into Designing - ITP Online, 2006.1028
http://www.itp.net/business/features/details.php?id=5385&category=

Inc. Magazine's 'Green 50' Celebrates Green Entrepreneurs - World Changing, 2006.1028
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005197.html

How Will the USA Cope with Unprecedented Growth? - USA Today, 2006.1027
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-26-100-million_x.htm

Design's Better South of Border - Sydney Morning Herald, 2006.1027
http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/designs-better-south-of-border/2006/10/26/1161749256690.html

GreenSpec Says: "Avoid PVC" - Healthy Building News, 2006.1027
http://www.healthybuilding.net/news/061027greenspec.html

Tackling Toxic Environments One Room at a Time - Inc.com, 2006.1026
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20061101/green50_builders.html

Victoria Project Goes from Brown to Green - Seattle Daily Journal, 2006.1026
http://www.djc.com/news/ae/11183445.html

LEED Accreditation Will Be Vital to Your Future - ContractorMag.com, 2006.1026
http://www.contractormag.com/articles/column.cfm?columnid=594

Find 'Green' in Green Buildings - ContractorMag.com, 2006.1026
http://www.contractormag.com/articles/newsarticle.cfm?newsid=996

London Alpine - creating a mmicroclimate - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1025 
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1025/index.html

Australia to Part-Fund World's Largest Solar Power Plant - BreakingNews.ie, 2006.1025
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/10/25/story282439.html

Classic Home 068, Tucson Mountain House by Rick Joy
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/classic_home.html

Products Update:  Mirage Retractable Screens
     http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1025/products_update.html

People and Places This Week - 
     Columbia, SC - Heather Mitchell, LEED AP, new president of The Boudreaux Group
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1025/people_and_places.html

Green Building Forum
     http://arch.DesignCommunity.com/forum-22.html
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Five years ago in ArchitectureWeek:
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    http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/1024/environment_1-1.html

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