Green Wednesday 2008.0402
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Apr 2 22:52:26 PDT 2008
Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,
Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you
weekly green design and building news from around the world.
Christopher Hawthorne in the LA Times discusses a central
contradiction in many green building ramp-ups, through the lense
of a new Whole Foods Market in Pasadena:
...But the first rule of sustainable architecture is to keep new
buildings as small and efficient as possible. With its soaring
30-foot ceilings and endless aisles, 280 subterranean parking
spots and all those TVs flickering day and night, this place is
neither. It's more like the grocery store version of a hybrid
SUV made by Lexus or a 12,000-square-foot "green" house with a
swimming pool and six-car garage accompanying its solar panels
and sustainably harvested decking.
As food writer Michael Pollan has pointed out, there is a
paradox at the heart of Mackey's plan for Whole Foods, which is
that to be sustainable the company must keep topping itself. The
stores will have to keep getting bigger and more impressive,
their revenue growing, new corners of the country conquered - all
in the name of reducing resource consumption, supporting small
farmers and bringing the planet back into balance...
But the architecture of the Pasadena store suggests that the
fundamental approach hasn't changed. Forget about doing more
with less. This green-tinged cornucopia is all about doing more
with more.
The Green Giant - Whole Foods' local flagship: the supermarket as hybrid SUV
LA Times - Calendar Live - 2008.0402
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-tm-space6apr06,0,3571415.story
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Raising the Bar to Greener Standards - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0402
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/02/oulu-bar-and-eco-lounge/
Battle Lines Drawn over Eco-Towns - 24Dash, 2008.0402
http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-04-02-Battle-lines-drawn-over-eco-towns
Green Architecture and 19th Century Shingles - AZoBuild, 2008.0402
http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=5347
Peddling Green Goods - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0401
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/peddling-green-goods/2008/04/01/1206850912454.html
A Disciple of Green Spreads the Word - Globe and Mail, 2008.0401
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080401.PRADOBE01/TPStory/Business
D.C. Paves Way for Environmental Responsibility - DCist, 2008.0401
http://dcist.com/2008/04/01/washington_dc_h.php
Structural Strength in Straw - Drayton Valley Western Review, 2008.0401
http://www.draytonvalleywesternreview.com/Top%20Stories/388662.html
Building the Future - CNN, 2008.0331
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/03/31/PrincipalVoices.design.intro/
Wind Powers 40% of Spain - Meta Efficient, 2008.0331
http://www.metaefficient.com/news/new-record-wind-powers-40-of-spain.html
Britain Extends Support for Micro-Power Generation - Reuters, 2008.0331
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL3171393720080331
"Kyoto II" Climate Talks Open in Bangkok - Reuters, 2008.0331
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSBKK14531120080331
Sustainable Suburbs - University of Arkansas Daily Headlines, 2008.0331
http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/12596.htm
Time Runs Out for Islanders on Global Warming's Front Line - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0330
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/30/india.flooding?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnews
Rebuild Out of Global Warming - New American Media, 2008.0330
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=47235707e72a3b3e364cdf3218e72659
Brown's 'Eco-Towns' Won't Be Green - Telegraph, 2008.0330
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/03/30/eatowns230.xml
"Earth Hour" Goes Global - Reuters, 2008.0330
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSP28389220080330
The Green House Effect - North Shore Magazine, 2008.0329
http://www.northshoremag.com/cgi-bin/ns-article?article=/homegarden/03-08-greenhomes.html
At Toxic Montana Dam, a River Now Runs through It - Reuters, 2008.0328
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN2834669620080329
Indian Green - AIArchitect, 2008.0328
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0328/0328p_haworth.cfm
Breaking the U.S.-China Suicide Pact - Grist, 2008.0328
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/27/115453/517
Eco Homes: Wooden It Be Lovely... ? - Telegraph, 2008.0327
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/03/27/lpgreen127.xml
Dammed Sea Rise - Nature, 2008.0327
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0804/full/climate.2008.27.html
Designing Environmentally Friendly Communities - ScienceDaily, 2008.0326
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080326195000.htm
North American Commission Pushes for Green Building Design - WorldWatch Institute, 2008.0325
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5661
Sebelius Vetoes Bill That Would Resurrect Coal-Burning Plant - Kansas City Star, 2008.0321
http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/541098.html
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