Green Wednesday 2006.1011

[Kevin Matthews]

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.

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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This week we've collected quite a few stories about people and firms
doing green projects.  These stories of experience range from naive 
students to Foster's new Hearst Tower.  And depending on where you 
are on your own green path, some will have more to say to you than 
others.

But even the tales toward the dewey-eyed end of the spectrum reflect 
a wide and hopeful fascination with sustainable construction.  Even 
for the most jaded old ecological practitioner, these stories can 
remind and reveal mainstream perspectives on this essential approach.

Don't miss the report from Chattanooga on an AIA-Tennessee-sponsored
talk by ArchWeek contributor Ed Mazria:

"Architects have been complaining that they're losing status... 
Well, that has changed. Now we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity 
to change the world."


New York's First Green Tower Opens - Interior Design, 2006.1010
http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6379182.html

£50,000 Award for New Green Building Materials - NewBuilder, 2006.1010
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1619

University Strives for Greener Campus - Washington Square News, 2006.1010
http://www.nyunews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/10/10/452b07893a4ff

Recycled Materials Could Help Pave the Way to Urban Cooling - Edie, 2006.1010
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=12108&channel=0

Builders Take Ecology Into Account - Whittier Daily News, 2006.1010
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_4459116

Sun Shade Systems from Issey - Infolink, 2006.1009
http://www.infolink.com.au/articles/E1/0C045EE1.aspx

Hearst Tower in New York City Officially Opens - Hearst Corp. Press Release, 2006.1009
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20061009005614&newsLang=en

New Mid-Rise Project Seeks LEED Tax Credits - Las Vegas Business Press, 2006.1009
http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2006/10/09/news/news08.txt

Green Is a Hard Sell - Press-Enterprise, 2006.1009
http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/homeandgarden/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_greentech1009.59cda6.html

World Hits Annual Sustainable Resource 'Overshoot' - ENN, 2006.1009
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11405

Sustainable Building Takes a Lot of Practice - Winnipeg Free Press, 2006.1008
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/homes/story/3720865p-4301296c.html

Go Green, Sure, but Go Find Green Builders - San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.1008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/08/MNGNELI3IK1.DTL

Take a Trip inside a Green Building - Times Herald-Record, 2006.1008
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061008/NEWS/610080338/-1/NEWS

Buildings Major Source of Greenhouse Gases, Expert Says - Chattanoogan, 2006.1008
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_94288.asp

New Center Puts Focus on Science - Gainesville Times, 2006.1007
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20061007/localnews/129117.shtml

'Green' Building Ideas Sprouting Up All Over - San Francisco Chronicle, 2006.1007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/07/HOGHPLJ0OG1.DTL

India's Flagship Event on Green Buildings - India PRwire, 2006.1007
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/real-estate/20061007717.htm

One-Day Solar Sale - Durham News, 2006.1007
http://www.thedurhamnews.com/110/story/2385.html

Greens Showing Off Energy-Efficient Homes Today - Troy Record, 2006.1007
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17296694&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6

Making Electricity, One Roof at a Time - Marin IJ, 2006.1007
http://marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_4458130

The Travelling, Sustainable Condo - Toronto Star, 2006.1007
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1159912238648&call_pageid=970599119419

Calif. Architect to Speak at Green Building Expo - Arizona Republic, 2006.1006
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1006greenexpo1006.html

Creating Lasting Communities - Peter Calthorpe Awarded - PR Newswire, 2006.1006
http://sev.prnewswire.com/construction-building/20061006/DCF01006102006-1.html

Business Owner Urges Companies to Go Green - Grand Rapids Press, 2006.1006
http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-4/1160146278207800.xml&coll=6

Canada Says It Won't Rush to Set Emissions Targets - ENN, 2006.1006
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11391

DOE Announces $5 Million for Solid-State Lighting Projects - EREE Press Release, 2006.1005
http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=10313

DEP ŒGreen Building Sets Good Example for All Businesses - Pottstown Mercury, 2006.1005
http://www.pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17286262&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18038&rfi=6

More 'Eco-Friendly' Hospitals Being Built - News-Medical, 2006.1005
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=20433

Green Architects Win Queen's Award - NewBuilder, 2006.1005
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1604

D.C. Authorizes Design Changes to Make Stadium 'Green' - WJLA, 2006.1005
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1006/366687.html

Borrowing Affordable Ideas from a Green Tudor Mansion - New York Times, 2006.1005
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/garden/05atlanta.html

Don't Blow This House Down - Baltic Times, 2006.1004
http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16484/

Hospitals Go 'Green' to Cut Toxins - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2006.1004
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06277/727310-114.stm

Atlantic Hurricane Season Nearly Over, Forecaster Says - ENN, 2006.1004
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11375

Prototype Recovery - Sustianable Housing for NLOA - ArchitectureWeek, 1004
http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1004/environment_1-1.html

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     Berkeley - New Berkeley Art Museum to seek LEED Silver
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1003/people_and_places.html

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