Green Wednesday 2007.0620

Wed Jun 20 14:18:08 PDT 2007

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

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

	Architects practicing in wealthy countries are becoming
	increasingly aware that our resources are finite and that if
	climate change goes unchecked, we could face a much warmer,
	harsher environment. Scientists present us with images of
	expanding deserts, sinking water tables, and material
	scarcity.

	For Namibian architect Nina Maritz, the challenges of
	working in a harsh environment with limited means are
	already an everyday reality. Her work presents a model for
	making compelling buildings despite 'a poverty of resources.'

	The Sustainability of Nina Maritz - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0613
	http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0613/environment_1-1.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Sifting the Garbage for a Green Polymer - New York Times, 2007.0619
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/science/19poly.html?ref=science

Australia Plans Giant Desalination Plant - The Globe and Mail, 2007.0619
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070619.waustarid0619/BNStory/Science/home

At 90, an Environmentalist from the '70s Still Has Hope - New York Times, 2007.0619
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/science/earth/19conv.html

Oregon May Impose Tougher Green Homebuilding Rules - World Link, 2007.0618
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2007/06/18/news/news06180712.txt

Global Warming to Multiply the World's Refugee Burden - China Post, 2007.0618
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/112767.htm

China Plants Trees to Hold Back Desertification - OC Register, 2007.0618
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sciencetech/homepage/article_1733225.php

ASHRAE Releases 2007 Residential Energy Standard. - ThomasNet, 2007.0618
http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/521815

The Green Effect - Boston Globe, 2007.0617
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/17/the_green_effect/

The Green Home of Their Dreams - New York Times, 2007.0617
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/realestate/17lizo.html

Tidal Turbines to Mine Marine Megawatts - Composites World, 2007.0617
http://www.compositesworld.com/ct/issues/2007/June/111639

Why You'll Soon Be Avant-Gardening - Telegraph, 2007.0616
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/06/16/nosplit/bacities116.xml

What Is an 'Ecological House'? - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0616
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/16/HOG6BQE2OG1.DTL

World Monument Fund Announces 100 Most Endangered - AIArchitect, 2007.0615
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/0615/0615n_wmf.cfm

Green, Clean, and Pretty Prefab - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.0615
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20070615_Changing_Skyline___Green__clean__and_pretty_prefab.html

Scientists Examine Cause of Bee Die-Off - San Luis Obispo Tribune, 2007.0615
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/353/story/69032.html

Design Fault Threatens Exemplar Eco-Town - BD, 2007.0615
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3089385&origin=BDweekly

Green Gloss Code for Sustainable Homes - Voltimum, 2007.0614
http://www.voltimum.co.uk/news/7816/infopro.profnews.voltimum/Green-gloss-code-for-sustainable-homes.html

Where Do Solar Cells Fit on a Victorian Building? - icWales, 2007.0614
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/features/tm_headline=where-do-solar-cells-fit-on-a-victorian-building-&method=full&objectid=19292802&siteid=50082-name_page.html

How to 'Retro Green' Your Period Home - Telegraph, 2007.0614
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/06/14/lpgreen114.xml

Product News - Mohawk's Synergy commercial carpet collection
     http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0613/products_update.html

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    Kansas City, Rancho Palos Verdes, Zaragoza, New York, 
    Toronto, Hong Kong, San Diego, New York:
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0613/people_and_places.html

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	Cholorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons,
	hydrofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and propane
	can each be used to provide a similar role in a common
	construction product. What type of product are we
	referring to? And why would you choose one of them over
	another?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0613/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	What is the difference between brass and bronze?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0613/answer.html

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     Weathered painted wood shutters (WI-196)
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0613/contents.html

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    http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0612/environment_1-1.html

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