Green Wednesday 2006.1004

Wed Oct 4 07:00:16 PDT 2006

Dear designers, builders, and dwellers,

Welcome to the first issue of Green Wednesday, a new weekly 
newsletter on green design and building, brought to you by 
ArchitectureWeek!

Each Wednesday we'll bring together the latest green building
information from around the Web, with a dose of ArchWeek attitude
and intelligence, plus of course the best of our own ongoing
sustainability coverage.

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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The stories we've collected this week document the shrinking cost
differential for green building and sustainable energy investments,
as well as the usual - and still fascinating - parade of new LEED
and green projects.  

Don't miss at least the first half of James Howard Kunstler's
pungent philosophical "reflection on cities of the future" - even if
he does seem to overlook the other, humanist tradition in modernism,
in the glory of sharply drawing his picture.  And the Gotham coverage
detailing green concerns during the construction process is important.

Green Construction - Gotham Gazette, 2006.1004
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20061004/200/1989

Schwarzenegger Signs Landmark Greenhouse Gas Law - ENN, 2006.0928
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11342

A Reflection on Cities of the Future - Energy Bulletin, 2006.0928 
http://www.energybulletin.net/20963.html

View from the Bridge - BusinessWeek, 2006.0926
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2006/id20060926_418700.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories

Sustainable Design and the First-cost Debate - ArchiTech, 2006.10 Edition
http://www.architechmag.com/Articles/detailArchitech.asp?ArticleID=3115

National Trust Office Wins Sustainability Award - NewBuilder, 2006.1004
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1612

Green Building Congress in Bangalore from Oct 12-15 - India Infoline, 2006.1003
http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/innernews.asp?storyId=16665&lmn=1

Largest-Ever US Corporate Purchase of Renewable Energy - Earth Toys, 2006.1003
http://www.earthtoys.com/news.php?section=view&id=1743

Cheap Materials Reduce Houses' Green Potential - Contract Journal, 2006.1003 
http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2006/10/03/52425/Cheap+materials+reduce+houses'+green+potential.html

Solar Energy: The Time Is Now! - Your Hub, 2006.1002 
http://denver.yourhub.com/DENVER/Stories/News/About-Town/Story~132248.aspx

Greenest House in San Francisco - Inhabitat, 2006.1002
http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/10/02/loraxs-greenest-house-in-san-francisco/

A Place in the Sun - Rocky Mountain News, 2006.1002
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/garden/article/0,2777,DRMN_23954_5031538,00.html

Sustainable Expansion: The Only Way - Islam Online, 2006.1002
http://www.islam-online.net/English/Science/Science/InstitutionsScientists/2006/10/01.shtml

Value in Old Parts Means Deconstruction Instead of Demolition - KOMO TV, 2006.1002
http://www.komotv.com/stories/45779.htm

Gerding Theater Achieves LEED Platinum - Portland Center Stage Press Release, 2006.1002 
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=168543

Building Green - Poughkeepsie Journal, 2006.1001 
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061001/LIFE07/610010342/1005/LIFE

Energy Harvest - ArchiTech, 2006.10 Edition
http://www.architechmag.com/Articles/detailArchitech.asp?ArticleID=3319

Sustainable Strategies on Campus - EDC, 2006.10 Edition
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Feature_Article/befe6244b81dd010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____

Building Green Becomes More Affordable - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 2006.0930
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060930/REALESTATE/609300582

Sustainable Family Center Underway in New Orleans - AIArchitect, 2006.0929
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek06/0929/0929d_pwtulane.cfm

Southwest Missouri Says Hello to LEED - Interior Design, 2006.0926
http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6374322.html

Down Under Louvers - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.0927
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/0927/environment_1-1.html

Schools of Any Color as Long as Impact Is 'Green' - Oregonian, 2006.0928
http://www.oregonlive.com/metrosouthwest/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_southwest_news/115916193677660.xml&coll=7

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