Green Wednesday 2006.1108

Wed Nov 8 16:06:48 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.

This is a tough one for residential architecture in a time of 
expanding luxury markets.  But overlooking it begs the most 
basic questions:

	"Despite widespread use of efficient technology, a new
	study by scientists from the Department of Energy's
	Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory shows that from 1985 to
	2002, total residential energy consumption per capita
	climbed 8 percent, and residential consumption for the
	nation -- the figure most relevant to global effects
	like carbon dioxide emissions -- climbed 32 percent.

	"While reasons for these increases may be complex, the
	Berkeley report singles out house size as a key factor.
	A 2005 report from the EIA comes to the same
	conclusions, showing that households with 3,000 or more
	square feet use 40 percent more energy than those with
	2,000 to 2,400 square feet."

  From "Can McMansions Be McGreen?", originally published 
  in E/The Environmental Magazine, and available online at:
  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06309/735466-109.stm

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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New Campus Architecture Fails to Meet Green Standards - Daily Princetonian, 2006.1107
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/11/07/news/16444.shtml

Under Construction: The Green Property Insurance Market - Insurance Journal, 2006.1107
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2006/11/07/74013.htm

Green Goes Glam in London - WorldChanging.com, 2006.1106
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005266.html

Habitat for Humanity, Design Center Team Up for Project - NWAnews.com, 2006.1106
http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/46831/

Can McMansions Be McGreen? - Post-Gazette, 2006.1106
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06309/735466-109.stm

'Green' Forum Targets Blighted Vacant Lots - Post-Gazette, 2006.1106
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06310/735983-113.stm

Energy Efficiency Now Key for Homeowners - Tennesseean.com, 2006.1105
http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/FEATURES0303/611050330/1004/MTCN0303

Auto Manufacturer Strikes LEED's Gold - Pollution Engineering, 2006.1105
http://www.pollutioneng.com/CDA/Articles/Column/a7e543f4f8abe010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____

Buildings Add Touch of Green - Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2006.1105
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/business/article/0,1426,MCA_440_5119055,00.html

Water Flows from Rooftop to Rain Garden - The Gresham Outlook, 2006.1103
http://www.theoutlookonline.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=116261310858302900

Stone Green - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1101
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1101/environment_1-1.html

International Tour Visits Straw-Bale Housing Project in China - AlertNet, 2006.1101
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219487/116242085773.htm

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People and Places This Week - 
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     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1101/people_and_places.html

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