Green Wednesday 2007.0815

Wed Aug 15 22:52:55 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.

The results of two environmental studies were published this week: one
from Australia and the other from North America. Both seek to explain
observable changes in local environmental conditions, and both arrive at
conclusions that implicate human activity.

In Australia:

	A fence built to prevent rabbits from entering the
	Australian outback has unintentionally allowed scientists to
	study the effects of land use on regional climates.

	The rabbit-proof fence - or bunny fence - in Western
	Australia was completed in 1907 and stretches about 2,000
	miles. It acts as a boundary separating native vegetation
	from farmland. Within the fence area, scientists have
	observed a strange phenomenon: above the native vegetation,
	the sky is rich in rain-producing clouds. But the sky on the
	farmland side is clear.

	At Australia's Bunny Fence, Variable Cloudiness Prompts Climate Study - New York Times, 2007.0814
	http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/science/earth/14fenc.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

And in the upper Great Lakes:

	Erosion caused by dredging and other human activities on the
	St. Clair River is causing Lakes Huron and Michigan to lose
	2.5 billion gallons of water daily, according to a private
	Canadian study.

	Like a bathtub drain, the artificially deepened river is
	funneling vast amounts of water into Lake Erie, where it
	flows east to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River before
	eventually being lost to the Atlantic Ocean, says the study
	released Tuesday.

	Erosion Causing Lakes' Water Loss - New York Times, 2007.0815
	http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Great-Lakes-Erosion.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Project Shows Green Homes Affordable - Novato Advance, 2007.0815
http://www.novatoadvance.com/articles/2007/08/15/business/news20.txt

Saving It - Metropolis, 2007.0815
http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2911

Bamboo-zled? - Willamette Week, 2007.0815
http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3340/9393/

R.I. Coast Rich with Possibility for Harnessing Wind - Providence Journal, 2007.0815
http://www.projo.com/news/content/GE_WIND_08-14-07_IC60QQJ.2d4ac44.html

Water Levels in 3 Great Lakes Dip Far Below Normal - New York Times, 2007.0814
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/us/14lakes.html

Builder Pledges Green Housing - Dallas Morning News, 2007.0813
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/081407dnbusgreen.35a8f71.html

East River Fights Bid to Harness Its Currents for Electricity - New York Times, 2007.0813
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/nyregion/13power.html?ref=environment

Cross-Shaped Embassy Wins Architecture Awards - Swiss Info, 2007.0813
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/feature/detail/Cross_shaped_embassy_wins_architecture_awards.html?siteSect=108&sid=8094444&cKey=1186991830000&ty=st

The Industry That Time Forgot - Boston Globe, 2007.0812
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/12/the_industry_that_time_forgot/

I Saw Red Trying to Go Green - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0812
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/12/ethicalliving.carbonfootprints

Rising Sea Levels Threaten to Engulf Millionaires' Row - Independent Digital, 2007.0811
http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2853827.ece

Truly 'Green' Building Needs to Consider Every Building Component - Edie, 2007.0810
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=13396&channel=0

The Quake-Proof House Made of Straw - CNN, 2007.0810
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/08/10/straw.bales/

Energy Geeks Compete for Coolest Solar Home - New York Times, 2007.0810
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-11392_3-6201743.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Adding Biofuel to the Fire - BD, 2007.0810
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3093022&origin=BDweekly

Creating a Truly Healing Environment with LEED Hospitals - Greener Buildings, 2007.0810
http://greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=35708

'Crowd Farms' Could Offer Alternative Energy - MSNBC, 2007.0809
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20201266/

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    Edinburgh, St. Helena, Minneapolis, Santa Monica, Yakutsk, 
    Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sacramento, San Diego:
	 http://www.archweek.com/2007/0801/people_and_places.html

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     http://www.archweek.com/2007/0801/products_update.html

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	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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