Green Wednesday 2007.1114

Thu Nov 15 03:22:11 PST 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. 

	With prehistoric Antarctic ice sheets melting beneath his
	feet, United Nations (UN) secretary-general Ban Ki-moon
	has called for urgent political action to tackle global
	warming.

	The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed faster than anywhere
	else on Earth in the last 50 years, making the continent
	a fitting destination for Mr Ban, who has made climate
	change a priority since he took office earlier this year.

	"I need a political answer. This is an emergency and for
	emergency situations we need emergency action," he said
	during a visit to three scientific bases on the barren
	continent, where temperatures are their highest in about
	1,800 years.

UN Chief Says Global Warming Is 'an Emergency' - ABC News, 2007.1111
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/11/2087480.htm?section=justin

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Report: Carbon Removal Has Little Impact - New York Times, 2007.1113
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Climate-Change.html

Software Drafted to Design Greener Buildings - Cnet, 2007.1112
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9814866-54.html?tag=nefd.blgs

Portland's Green Leaders Get Rock Star Treatment at Chicago Conference - The Oregonian, 2007.1112
http://blog.oregonlive.com/pdxgreen/2007/11/portlands_green_leaders_get_ro.html

CBD to Be Greener and Taller - Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.1112
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cbd-to-be-greener-and-taller/2007/11/12/1194766588188.html

Builders Return to Class for Lessons in ŒGreen - New York Times, 2007.1111
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/realestate/11NATI.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Eco-Friendly Builders Seek 'Green' Standard - SUN-SENTINEL, 2007.1111
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-flzgreenbuild1111nbnov11,0,1332883.story

Toronto's Green Building Festival Salutes Industry Pioneers - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.1109
http://dcnonl.com/article/id25042

Examplar Eco-Homes Fail Final Build Test - BD, 2007.1109
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3099584&origin=BDweekly

Should Citizens' Juries Judge Eco-Town Designs? - BD, 2007.1109
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3099695&origin=BDweekly

The Green Home Goes Underground - The Times (London), 2007.1109
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/new_homes/article2830776.ece

GreenBuild Roundup Day Two: Codes, Carpets and Certificates - Greener Buildings, 2007.1109
http://greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?Page=1&NewsID=36228

GreenBuild Roundup, Day One: Partnerships, Studies and Awards - Greener Buildings, 2007.1108
http://greenerbuildings.com/news_detail.cfm?Page=1&NewsID=36225

Chicago AIA Awards 2007 - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.1107
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1107/

CSI and USGBC Sign Memorandum of Understanding at Greenbuild - CSE Mag, 2007.1107
http://www.csemag.com/article/CA6498579.html

Go Green at Greenbuild 2007 - Chicagoist, 2007.1107
http://chicagoist.com/2007/11/07/go_green_at_gre.php

Vancouver Builds Olympic Athletes' Village to LEED Standards - Journal of Commerce, 2007.1105
http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id24960

Product News - Lower-Emission Plywood from Timber Products Company
     http://www.archweek.com/2007/1107/products_update.html

Press Release - Evolution Trade Group Reps High-end European-styled 
	Wood Burning and Direct Vent Stoves
     http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?071107_evolution.html

People and Places Page 2007.1107
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1107/news_2-1.html

	Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker in San Diego,
	California - Connolly Architects in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin -
	Paul Dillon Architects in Galway, Ireland - Dougherty +
	Dougherty Architects in Newport Beach, California - Meeks +
	Partners in Houston, Texas - Pei Partnership Architects and
	collaborators in New York, New York - Kirksey in Houston,
	Texas - CertainTeed Gypsum in North Las Vegas, Nevada -
	Kevin Hom + Andrew Goldman Architects, PC and Architects
	Mosher Drew Watson Ferguson in San Diego, California -
	Fowlkes and Associates Architects in Nashville, Tennessee -
	McIntosh Poris Associates in Detroit, Michigan...
	... short stories continue online:
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    Destroyed during the Bosnian War of the 1990s, this
	single-span bridge was reconstructed and reopened in
	2004. What is the name of this famous bridge, originally
	constructed in 1566?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1107/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	One mile (1.6 kilometers) of fencing will enclose a
	square of how many acres (hectares)?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1107/answer.html

Classic Home 016 - Dutch Colonial by R. C. Hunter & Bros.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1107/classic_home.html

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