Green Wednesday 2007.0725

Wed Jul 25 13:20:59 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.

A study published in the journal Nature shows that human activity has
affected rainfall patterns around the globe.  Europe and North America
are seeing more rain, while other regions face drought.

	Human activity has made the weather wetter in a large slice
	of the Northern Hemisphere, say researchers. It has also
	made the regions just south of the Equator wetter, and those
	just north of it drier.

	Agriculture and human health have already been affected,
	Francis Zwiers of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling
	and Analysis in Toronto and his colleagues report in
	Nature.

	This is the first evidence that human activity has altered
	rainfall patterns. "We expected rainfall patterns to change,
	but there's been no conclusive evidence that we are seeing
	human effects," says climate researcher Nathan Gillett, of
	University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, one of the study's
	authors. "This study shows we are."

	Rainfall Changes Linked to Human Activity - Nature, 2007.0723
	http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070723/full/070723-4.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Well-Designed Buildings Use 80 Percent Less Energy, Expert Says - Jakarta Post, 2007.0725
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070725.H04&irec=3

Beijing to Build Windmills for 2008 - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0724
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6800864,00.html

Study: Rising Temperatures Pose Danger - New York Times, 2007.0724
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Climate-Change-Thin-Ice.html

Insurers Call for End to Floodplain Building - In The News, 2007.0724
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/money/business/news/property/insurers-call-end-floodplain-building-$1113207.htm

New Homes Will Be Built on Flood Plains - Telegraph, 2007.0723
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/07/23/eagreen123.xml

U.S., Canada, Mexico Vow Energy Tech Co-Operation - ABC News, 2007.0723
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3406640

The Green Housing Boom - Cafe Babel, 2007.0723
http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=11596

New Montreal Building Began Life as a Pile of Trash - Edmonton Journal, 2007.0722
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=541191cb-e38d-43c0-bf3a-c32dd2c9d62b

New Urbanism at Home - Coloradoan, 2007.0722
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070722/BUSINESS/707220323

Architecture Awards Answer 'Lack of Green Design' Criticism - San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.0722
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070722-9999-lz1h22awards.html

Extreme Recycling - Vancouver Sun, 2007.0721
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=67aff668-e328-41a8-862f-b220d4e259a5&k=37968

The Eco Effect - Rocky Mountain News, 2007.0721
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/garden/article/0,2777,DRMN_23954_5638760,00.html

Earth-Friendly Home Rises Phoenix-Like from Ashes - Bend Weekly, 2007.0720
http://www.bendweekly.com/news/8401.html

Two Case Studies in Green Value - Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2007.0720
http://www.startribune.com/417/story/1310978.html

A Contractor Who Was Green before Green Was Cool - New York Times, 2007.0720
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/nyregion/20lives.html?ref=nyregion

Developer Tackles All-LEED Subdivision - Idaho Statesman, 2007.0719
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/110953.html

Eco-Energy Scheme Could 'Shape House-Building Future' - 24Dash, 2007.0717
http://www.24dash.com/socialhousing/24516.htm

2007 Set to Be 'One of Warmest' - BBC News, 2007.0713
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/6896319.stm

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     http://www.archweek.com/2007/0718/products_update.html

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