Green Wednesday 2007.0822

Thu Aug 23 00:33:51 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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Green Buildings Big and Small Sprout Up - CNet, 2007.0822
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9764196-7.html

Home Wins Nation's Highest Green Rating - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0822
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/328688_cottages23.html?source=mypi

U.S., Canadian West Set Joint Carbon-Cutting Target - Reuters, 2007.0822
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2007-08-22T224324Z_01_N22449300_RTRIDST_0_CANADA-CLIMATE-WEST-GOALS-COL.XML

Sun Microsystems Completes Energy Efficient Datacenters - Sun Press Release, 2007.0821
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQTU08521082007-1.htm

Despite Fears, Straw Bale and Rammed Earth Homes Catch On - The Daily Green, 2007.0820
http://www.thedailygreen.com/2007/08/20/despite-unfounded-fears-straw-bale-and-rammed-earth-homes-catch-on/5462/

Philly Housing Authority Going 'Green' - Houston Chronicle, 2007.0820
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5068961.html

The Earthships Have Landed - Northern Housing, 2007.0820
http://www.northern-housing.co.uk/features/the-earthships-have-landed-885-31.html

Architects Aren't Ready for an Urbanized Planet - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0820
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/20/asia/letter.php

BC Wind-Power Project in Peace River District Approved - Vancouver Sun, 2007.0820
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=d14382d6-4568-4081-9807-d9c13249d1e3&k=13066

Turning the United Nations Green - BusinessWeek, 2007.0820
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/aug2007/id20070820_511806.htm

A House Made of What? - Washington Post, 2007.0819
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/19/AR2007081901685.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Growing Green - Coloradan, 2007.0819
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070819/BUSINESS/708190323

Green Wave Breaking - Stuff, 2007.0819
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4170242a19716.html

Those in Straw Houses ... - Statesman, 2007.0819
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/statesmanhomes/08/19/0819strawbale.html

Which Standard Is Deepest Green? - Sarasota Herald Tribune, 2007.0819
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070819/REALESTATE/708190677

LEED and Modular and Infill, Oh My! - World Changing (blog), 2007.0818
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007134.html

The Future Has to Be 'Green' Say UK Construction Pro's - ENN, 2007.0815
http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/21845

House Passes Solis' Green Jobs Bill - EDC, 2007.0814
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Breaking_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000152290

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0815/news_2-1.html

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	Architects in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- Perkins + Will in
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	Rosemann & Associates, P.C. in Independence, Missouri --
	Mohsen Mostafavi in Cambridge, Massachusetts -- SmithGroup
	& AREA Design, Ltd in Chicago, Illinois -- Rob Wellington
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	Seattle, Washington -- hanrahanMeyers architects in New
	York, New York -- MADLAB LLC in Montclair, New Jersey...
	... http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0815/news_2-1.html

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	"Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at
	solving long-term social and ecological problems. This is
	impossible in a world where short-term profit for the
	'haves' is seen as a goal. At the expense of developing
	more efficient technology for the 'have-nots.'"
	* What influential Pritzker Prize-winning British
	architect, noted for high-tech designs, made this
	statement over 25 years ago?
	* Hint: This architect partnered with another noted
	designer from 1971 to 1977. Together they created an
	important museum in Paris, named for a famous French
	leader.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0815/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
    While "broach" can be something that happens to a sailboat, 
    it is also used as a verb and a noun in stone masonry. What 
    is a broach in masonry terms?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0815/answer.html

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