Green Wednesday 2007.1024

Thu Oct 25 07:57:08 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. 

	Just days after the Nobel prize was awarded for global
	warming work, an alarming new study finds that carbon
	dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing faster than
	expected.

	Carbon dioxide emissions were 35 percent higher in 2006
	than in 1990, a much faster growth rate than anticipated,
	researchers led by Josep G. Canadell, of Australia's
	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
	Organization, report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings
	of the National Academy of Sciences.

	Increased industrial use of fossil fuels coupled with a
	decline in the gas absorbed by the oceans and land were
	listed as causes of the increase.

Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Increasing - New York Times, 2007.1022
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Carbon-Increase.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Meanwhile, major media coverage continues of the southern California fires, 
as winds on this latest foreshadowing of future disaster are currently 
diminishing.

	"It's all dictated by the weather," said San Diego Fire
	spokesman Maurice Luque. He said the combination of the
	driest conditions in 200 years and the Santa Ana winds
	were "a recipe for disaster."

New evacuees join nearly 1 million displaced by fires...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/24/fire.wildfire.ca/index.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Calif. Fires Destroy Hundreds of Homes - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1023
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7018623,00.html

Urban Green Housing Key for Environment: Agency - CTV, 2007.1022
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071022/green_housing_071022/20071022?hub=TopStories

Coal Power Opponents Get New Weapon from Kansas - Reuters, 2007.1022
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN2241613220071023

Affordable 'Green' Homes - Arizona Daily Star, 2007.1022
http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/207520

Solar Homes Draw Crowds on Mall - Associated Press, 2007.1022
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7w5SVsWqbScnIKF6BaALObefJwQ

Georgia Declares State of Emergency - Reuters, 2007.1021
http://uk.reuters.com/article/wtMostRead/idUKN2138862320071021

Should I Buy a Rooftop Turbine for My House? - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1021
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2193772,00.html

Award for the Greenest City in Britain to Bradford - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1020
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/20/communities

State to Sue U.S. To Allow Tailpipe Rules - Los Angeles Times, 2007.1020
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-greenhouse20oct20,1,6276651.story?coll=la-headlines-business

Hospitals on 'Supersize' Alert - Telegraph, 2007.1015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/14/nobese214.xml

Lifecycle Building Challenge: Pavilion in the Park - Inhabitat (blog), 2007.1015
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/15/lifecycle-building-challenge-pavilion-in-the-park/

Obesity Is as Seriousa Threat as Climate Change, Says Minister - Independent Digital, 2007.1014
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3058896.ece

200 Wind Turbines Plan for North Sea - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1014
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/14/windfarms

Garden Houses: Visitors? Let Them Sleep in the Garden - Telegraph, 2007.1013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/10/14/pgardenguest114.xml

It's Getting Dangerously Dry - Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2007.1011
http://www.timesdispatch.com/content/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-10-11-0182.html

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/news_1-1.html

	Kisho Kurokawa ― Arquitectonica in Los Angeles,
	California ― gkkworks and DLR Group in Tustin, California
	― Carrier Johnson in Santa Ana, California ―
	Communitecture in Portland, Oregon ― Alliance Architects
	in Arlington, Texas ― Cannon Design in Los Angeles,
	California ― Perkins + Will, Shimoda Design Group, and
	James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc. in Dallas, Texas ―
	Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates in Branson, Missouri.
	... short stories online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/1017/news_1-1.html

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	The accel-E(TM) Steel Thermal Efficient Panel (S.T.E.P.) Wall
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	polystyrene into prefabricated structural insulating panels,
	creating a single, easily installed system to replace
	traditional framing, insulation, and sheathing components. The
	panels are recyclable and improve building energy efficiency,
	plus contribute points toward LEED certification.
     http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?071017_products_update.html

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	Steel heated to about 752 degrees Farenheit (400 degrees
	Celsius) turns a red that is visible in the dark. At 975
	degrees Farenheit (524 degrees Celsius), the same steel
	would glow visibly during the daylight. At what
	temperature would the steel turn white with heat?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	About how much land in the United States is covered with
	impervious surfaces (buildings, paving, etc.), and about
	how much is covered in non-agricultural grass (lawns,
	golf courses, etc.)? Answer in units of square miles (or
	square kilometers).  
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/answer.html

Classic Home 034 - Davis House, by Howard Davis, Architect
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/classic_home.html

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     Weathered painted brick wall (WA-101)
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