Green Wednesday 2007.0627

Wed Jun 27 17:42:59 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.

	"China has overtaken the United States as the world's top
	producer of carbon dioxide emissions - the biggest man-made
	contributor to global warming - based on the latest widely
	accepted energy consumption data, a Dutch research group
	says.

	"According to a report released Tuesday by the Netherlands
	Environmental Assessment Agency, China overtook the U.S. in
	emissions of CO2 by about 7.5 percent in 2006. While China
	was 2 percent below the United States in 2005, voracious
	coal consumption and increased cement production caused the
	numbers to rise rapidly, the group said."

	China Overtakes U.S. As Top CO2 Emitter - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0621
	http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6724625,00.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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India's Emissions May Be Higher Due to Dams - Reuters, 2007.0627
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSDEL31974420070627

Code Could Hinder 'Monster Homes' - Salt Lake Tribune, 2007.0627
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6238774

Dust in West Speeding Up Snow Melting - New York Times, 2007.0626
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Dust-Snowmelt.html

Research Returns to Biosphere Dome - Nature, 2007.0626
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070625/full/070625-5.html

Armstrong Headquarters Lands LEED-EB Platinum - Interior Design, 2007.0626
http://www.interiordesign.net/id_newsarticle/CA6455218.html

Floating Wind Turbine May Be in Sea by 2009 - Stuff, 2007.0626
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4108537a7693.html

Inaugural Jane Jacobs Medals Given to 2 with Green Visions of NYC - Newsday, 2007.0625
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--janejacobsmedals0625jun25,0,3604671.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

Water Tank Rules to Be Softened - The Age (Australia), 2007.0625
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/water-tank-rules-to-be-softened/2007/06/24/1182623741854.html

Students 'Want Small Green Homes' - BBC News, 2007.0625
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6238064.stm

Mushrooms Become Source for Eco-Building - Washington Post, 2007.0624
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/24/AR2007062401735.html

Earth's Inner Heat Keeps Cities Afloat - Houston Chronicle, 2007.0624
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/4923286.html

Electricity Goes through Roof - inRich, 2007.0624
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/business.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-06-24-0123.html

Dwell in the Future - News & Observer, 2007.0623
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/614118.html

Trailer Park Turns a Pleasant Shade of Green - Telegraph, 2007.0623
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/06/23/peco123.xml

Glacial Lake Vanishes in Southern Chile - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0621
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6724775,00.html

Dubai's Burj Al-Taqa: A Zero-Energy Tower in the Desert - World Changing (blog), 2007.0621
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006929.html

Energy-Efficiency Drive to Create Lucrative Chinese Building Market - China Daily, 2007.0621
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-06/21/content_899619.htm

Critics Question Adequacy of EPA's Tighter Ozone Limits - Reuters Canada, 2007.0621
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-06-21T155248Z_01_N21474150_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-EPA-OZONE-COL.XML

EPA Recommends Tighter Smog Standards - Seattle Times, 2007.0621
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003757515_webepaair21.html

Ontario Sets Plan for Home Refits, Solar Power - Reuters, 2007.0620
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1838827220070620

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	and how old is the building?
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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?
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