Green Wednesday 2007.0808

ArchitectureWeek Editors editor at architectureweek.com
Wed Aug 8 21:51:03 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.

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Toronto's Highrise Energy Hogs May Get New Lease on Life - Daily Commcercial News and Construction Record, 2007.0808
http://dcnonl.com/article/id23920

'Bangalore Climate Helps Save Energy' - The Hindu, 2007.0808
http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/08/stories/2007080859420200.htm

Olympics-Pollution Fear as China Invites World to Games - Canada.com, 2007.0808
http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=e34e8339-b019-458c-86d8-78798f3a444a&k=58822

Polluters Behind Bad Data, Gore Says - Albuquerque Tribune, 2007.0808
http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/aug/08/polluters-behind-bad-data-gore-says/

China Can Cut Emissions without Hurting Growth - Reuters, 2007.0807
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SIN93573.htm

An Off-the-Wall Idea: Homes Made of Foam - St. Petersburg Times, 2007.0807
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/07/Business/An_off_the_wall_idea_.shtml

Health Concerns Motivate Families to Build 'Green' - Arizona Republic, 2007.0807
http://www.azcentral.com/news/green/articles/0807greenhome-ON.html

Towards Energy Efficient Urban Areas - The International News, 2007.0807
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=67204

Bright Idea for Heating Energy-Efficient Homes - Daily Herald, 2007.0806
http://homes.dailyherald.com/story.php?id=3929915&s=hp

Heathrow Airport's Operator Wins Injunction to Stop Protesters - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0806
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/06/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Heathrow-Protests.php

Stillwell Avenue Gets Solar Powered Terminal - Loho 10002, 2007.0805
http://www.loho10002.com/wordpress/?p=812

Energy Search Goes Underground - Chicago Tribune, 2007.0804
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-drilling-for-heat,1,5821628.story

Could Earthships Be the Future of Housing? - Cnet, 2007.0804
http://news.com.com/8301-13574_3-9755034-40.html

Zigloo Domestique - Inhabitat (blog), 2007.0803
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/03/prefab-friday-zigloo-domestique/

Design Team Plans Lower-Cost, Energy-Efficient Housing - University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 2007.0802
http://www.news.wisc.edu/13979

Seattle Central Library: Creating the Perfect Public Space - CNN, 2007.0802
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/08/02/seattle.library/

US Judge Halts Logging on Spotted Owl Habitat - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0802
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/02/america/NA-GEN-US-Spotted-Owl.php

The Beitcher Residence - Inhabitat (blog), 2007.0802
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/08/02/modern-sustainable-la-home-the-beitcher-residence/

White House Accused of Meddling with EPA - Forbes, 2007.0802
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/02/ap3983598.html

ASU Biodesign Institute at ASU Earns Arizona's First LEED Platinum - Dexigner, 2007.0802
http://www.dexigner.com/architecture/news-g11583.html

'Clean Electricity Key to Greenhouse Cuts' - IOL, 2007.0801
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070801092154946C833932

Record Floods Sweep UK - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0801
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0801/news_1-1.html

People and Places This Week - 
	GTM Architects in Washington, D.C. -- Gonzalez | Goodale
	Architects in Los Angeles, California -- cre8architecture
	in Edinburgh, Scotland -- Perkins + Will in Minneapolis,
	Minnesota -- Robert A.M. Stern & CO Architects in Santa
	Monica, California -- Leeser Architecture in Yakutsk,
	Russia -- gkkworks in Sacramento, California...
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0801/people_and_places.html

Product News - Tri-Mount Kitchen Sink from Mila International
     http://www.archweek.com/2007/0801/products_update.html

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     http://jobs.ArchitectureWeek.com/

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		http://www.architectureweek.com/books/browse.php?category=46
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		http://www.architectureweek.com/books/browse.php?category=62

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This Week's Quiz -	
	While "broach" can mean a piece of jewelry, it is also
	used as a verb and a noun in stone masonry. What is a
	broach in masonry terms?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0801/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	In response to concerns about climate changes, there has
	been a movement in several areas of the country to
	require higher levels of environmental responsibility in
	the design and construction of buildings. In some cases
	this effort is led by architects, such as in Oregon,
	where architects have helped initiate legislation (not
	yet adopted) requiring state-funded buildings over a
	certain size and cost to meet LEED (Leadership in Energy
	and Environmental Design) Gold standards. Many of us
	think of "green" architecture as being mostly concerned
	with energy conservation. LEED addresses energy and four
	other major areas of concern. What are the four other
	areas that LEED addresses?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0801/answer.html

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Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - 
     Sawn fossil-stone wall and steps in coursed ashlar (WA-126)
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0801/contents.html
     
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