Green Wednesday 2007.0117

Wed Jan 17 18:04:14 PST 2007

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 spectacular surge of building in Dubai has been in the media 
quite a bit recently, and it's employing a small army of architects 
and engineers.  Here's an important perspective on the boom...

	"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When it comes to squandering
	the earth's natural resources, residents of this desert land
	of chilled swimming pools, monster 4x4s and air-conditioned
	malls are on a par with even the ravenous consumption of
	Americans, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

	"The average person in the Emirates puts more demand on the
	global ecosystem than any other, giving the country the
	world's largest per-capita "ecological footprint," WWF data
	shows. The United States runs second."

UAE Beats Americans' Environmental Harm - MSNBC, 2007.0115
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16640176/

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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The Warming of Greenland - New York Times, 2007.0116
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/science/earth/16gree.html?ref=archweek

Researchers Lay Out Wish List for Earth-Observing Satellites - Nature, 2007.0116
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070115/full/070115-5.html

Green Homes for Model Dorset Village - New Builder, 2007.0116
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=1779

Sea Sends Distress Call in One-Note Chowders - New York Times, 2007.0115
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/dining/17chow.html?ref=archweek

Architect Bringing Expertise to Darfur - San Bernadino County Sun, 2007.0116
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_5021610

Council Hits Eco-Village with ¤160,000 Charge - The Times (London), 2007.0114
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-2546205,00.html

Building Energy Gears Up for Boston - Interior Design, 2007.0112
http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6406744.html

New CDC Headquarters Wins Silver LEED-NC Rating - AIArchitect, 2007.0112
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/0112/0112d_cdc.cfm

New Zealand's First 'Green' Building - Glass On Web, 2007.0112
http://www.glassonweb.com/news/index/5367/

Not an Easy Green - Construction, 2007.0112
http://california.construction.com/news/newswatch/archive/0701A.asp

Palm Desert Council Passes Energy Measure - Desert Sun, 2007.0112
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/NEWS01/701120345/1006

LEEDing the Way - Pasadena Weekly, 2007.0111
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=4197&IssueNum=54

EU Proposes Cleaner, More Competitive Energy Market - New York Times, 2007.0111
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/world/europe/11energy.html

Bush Lifts Ban on drilling for Gas, Oil in Alaska Bay - Chicago Tribune, 2007.0110
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0701100127jan10,1,5595784.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Green Building Materials Not Enough - Montreal Gazette, 2007.0110
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/letters/story.html?id=8911804e-a128-4858-b6ab-5931069647c8

All UK New Homes Must Be Zero Carbon within a Decade - Azo Build, 2007.0110
http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=2947

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Schwarzenegger Orders Cuts in Emissions - New York Times, 2007.0110
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/us/10calif.html?ref=science

EPA Rejects Proposed Lumber Treatment - New York Times, 2007.0108
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Wood-Preservative.html?_r=2&oref=slogi&oref=slogin

The 2010 Imperative: Global Emergency Teach-In - The 2010 Imperative Web Site, 2007.0100
http://www.2010imperative.org/

Classic Home 71 - Howard House, a contemporary green exemplar
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0110/classic_home.html

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     Dubai Towers mixed-use project announced by TVS
     Qualcomm, Inc., Building W Campus in San Diego applies for LEED Gold
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0110/people_and_places.html

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