Green Wednesday 2007.1010
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Thu Oct 11 00:19:26 PDT 2007
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So who still wants to wait for additional proof before preventive action?
'UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Amid a dramatic increase in
climate-related disasters, international relief agencies
are calling on countries to increase their commitment to
disaster risk reduction, the United Nations said on
Tuesday.
"'Climate change is already driving an increase in the
frequency and intensity of heat waves, floods, droughts
and tropical cyclones. We believe that more needs to be
done to contain these natural disasters at the outset,'
said U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
John Holmes.
"'Disaster risk reduction is a key part of the global
response to climate change.'"
U.N. Urges Preparedness for More Frequent Disasters - Reuters, 2007.1010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-29925520071009
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Seattle's Recycling Success Is Being Measured in Scraps - New York Times, 2007.1010
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/us/10recycle.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Group: Problems Plague Great Lakes Parks - New York Times, 2007.1009
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Park-Problems.html
Greenest Building Has Welsh Foundation - icWales, 2007.1010
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/business-in-wales/commercial-property-wales/2007/10/10/greenest-building-has-welsh-foundation-91466-19923503/
Building an Affordable Green House - 11Alive, 2007.1009
http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=104444&provider=top
Mauritius Scientists Fear Tourism Impact on Coral - Scientific American, 2007.1009
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=mauritius-scientists-fear&chanId=sa003&modsrc=reuters
A Glimmer of Gold in a Veritable Sea of Green - Bend Bulletin, 2007.1008
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071008/BIZ0102/710080374/1002&nav_category=
An Urban Apartment and a Rural Farm in One Building - Y Net News, 2007.1008
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3457712,00.html
Mesa Home Hides Its Solar Powered Secrets - Arizona Central, 2007.1008
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/1008mesasolarhouseweb-CR.html
Giving Green Architecture the Green Light - Jerusalem Post, 2007.1007
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1191257239186&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
For Energy Consumption, There's No Place Like Home. - Green Energy News, 2007.1006
http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2007/20070116.html
21 Projects Honored in Inaugural Lifecycle Building Challenge - AIArchitect, 2007.1005
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/1005/1005n_epa.cfm
Green Blossom of Pittsburgh - ENN, 2007.1005
http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/23666
Green Living at Grand Designs - The Times (London), 2007.1005
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/interiors/article2588582.ece
ASLA to Create Rating System for Sustainable Landscape Design - Greener Buildings, 2007.1004
http://greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?Page=1&NewsID=36024
Australian Fires Add to Fears on Climate Change - New York Times, 2007.1004
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/world/asia/04australia.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Aldo Leopold Legacy Center - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.1003
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1003/index.html
"That land is a community is the basic concept of
ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an
extension of ethics." ― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County
Almanac, 1949
Located on land that Aldo Leopold loved, deep in the
mid-Wisconsin countryside at Baraboo, not far from the
Wisconsin Dells, the graceful buildings of the new Aldo
Leopold Legacy Center house the guardians of his legacy
with a warm and gentle, yet astringent, almost
Shakeresque simplicity of beautiful form and construction.
http://www.archweek.com/2007/1003/index.html
U.S. Promotes Swap to Energy-Saving Light Bulbs - Reuters, 2007.1003
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnvironment07/idUSN0325524620071003
Eco-House Is Award-Winner for Family of Ten - Telegraph, 2007.1003
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/10/03/eahome103.xml
Product News - Ice Bear(R) hybrid air conditioning system from Ice Energy(R)
http://www.archweek.com/2007/1003/products_update.html
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by Nancy Novitski
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Columbia -- ArchitektenRuediger in Braunschweig, Germany --
Frank Lloyd Wright, with Anthony Puttnam and Hamilton
Houston Lownie Architects in Buffalo, New York -- Handel
Architects in San Francisco, California -- HOK in Atlanta,
Georgia...
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This Week's Quiz -
Name this building product: A positive-side waterproofing
material with a base of plastic-type clay found primarily
in the Black Hills region of the United States.
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1003/quiz.html
Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
House sizes around the world have been increasing even as
family sizes have been shrinking. As of the mid-1990s,
the average family size in the United States was four,
according to a report from the United Nations, while the
average size of a new U.S. home was 1,600 square feet
(150 square meters). At that time, only one of the
following had a larger average new house size. Was it
Japan, Kuwait, Israel, or Great Britain?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1003/answer.html
Classic Home 074 - Mill Valley Straw Bale House by Arkin Tilt Architects
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