Green Wednesday 2008.0507

Thu May 8 20:45:06 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. 

ArchitectureWeek has issued a provocative call to action on climate 
change for architects and industry partners around the world.  Our
article lays out a strong case that much more needs to be done, 
and then suggests....

	We have twelve years until 2020.  The cost of missing
	targets would be severe.  The time to mobilize is now.

	What we're proposing to help is a kind of global
	architecture strike-and-teach-in in action.  We invite
	you, your design firm, and all other building-associated
	organizations, to join our Planet Earth Partners, and
	make this pledge:

	The month of April, Earth Month 2009, will be observed as
	a Climate Action Month, during which Planet Partners will
	work only on strictly green projects...

Climate Action Now - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0430
http://www.architectureweek.com/2008/0430/index.html

Please join us now in helping with this historic mission! Read 
the article online, and share your perspectives in our ongoing 
conversation:
	http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20526

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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AFP Canada Rapped over Kyoto Registry - Yahoo News, 2008.0507
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/wl_canada_afp/canadakyotopoliticsclimatewarming_080507202956;_ylt=ApGETauAnLHu.zfLgzo9bVHHSpZ4

Bringing Wind Power to Off-Grid Guatemalan Villages - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0507
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/05/07/engineers-without-borders-bringing-off-grid-energy-to-remote-villages/#more-9165

Bloomfield Hills Home Builder Pulte Gets National 'Green' Honor - Oakland Business Review, 2008.0506
http://blog.mlive.com/oak_business_review/2008/05/bloomfield_hills_home_builder.html

Warming May Be Greatest Threat to Tropical Species - New York Times, 2008.0506
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/science/AP-Warming-Tropics.html

Pre-Fab Homes - Sustainable Industries, 2008.0505
http://www.sustainableindustries.com/greenbuilding/18669434.html

The Greening of Greensburg - BusinessWeek, 2008.0505
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/may2008/id2008055_355693.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_top+stories

Green Architecture Versus Great Architecture - Green Building Elements, 2008.0505
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/05/05/green-architecture-versus-great-architecture/

Reuters Myanmar Believes 13,000 Dead, Missing from Cyclone - Yahoo News, 2008.0505
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/ts_nm/myanmar_dc

UN Breaks Ground for Headquarters Overhaul, Greening - Earth Times, 2008.0505
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203335,un-breaks-ground-for-headquarters-overhaul-greening.html

Energy Conservation Hits the Roof - Daily Herald, 2008.0503
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=182367

Japan, China to Join in S$409.2m CO2 Project - AsiaOne, 2008.0503
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Business/Story/A1Story20080503-63162.html

Green Vs. Greenbacks in Homes - Chicago Tribune, 2008.0502
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/newhomes/chi-fri_energy_0502may02,0,1646343.story

We’Ll Live in Polystyrene Homes Soon, Says Group - NE Business, 2008.0502
http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/construction-in-north-east/2008/05/02/we-ll-live-in-polystyrene-homes-soon-says-group-51140-20850941/

A Green Utopia Grows in the Arizona Desert - Salt Lake Tribune, 2008.0502
http://www.sltrib.com/travel/ci_9136803

Climate Troubles Brewing for Beer Makers - Nature, 2008.0502
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080502/full/news.2008.799.html

Charcoal's Green Image Blackened - Nature, 2008.0501
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080501/full/news.2008.791.html

'Ocean Deserts' Are Growing - Nature, 2008.0501
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080501/full/news.2008.795.html

Climate Action Now - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0430
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0430/index.html
	Last week in Tackling Climate Change we took a reality check
	on the level of challenge embodied in established targets for
	reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. This
	week, we're announcing a new call to action for architecture
	firms across the United States and Europe and around the
	world...

EU Seeks Green Label for Wood Furniture - International Herald Tribune, 2008.0429
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/29/business/greencol30.php

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0430/news_1-1.html

	Cadw and Opus International Consultants in Kidwelly,
	Wales, United Kingdom - UN Studio in New York, New York
	- STH Architectural Group in Boca Raton, Florida -
	Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon in Mexico City, Mexico -
	Ellerbe Becket in Washington, D.C., USA - Allied Works
	Architecture with Booziotis & Company Architects in
	Dallas, Texas - RNL Design in Fontana, California -
	Rafael ViOoly Architects in New York, New York - BC
	Architects AIA, Inc. in St. Cloud, Florida -
	Quattrocchi Kwok Architects in American Canyon,
	California - Steve Martino & Associates and Oasis
	Design Group in Phoenix, Arizona - OWP/P in Chicago,
	Illinois - Stegenga + Partners in Americus, Georgia -
	Sadar Vuga Arhitekti in Ljubljana, Slovenia - Magnusson
	Architecture and Planning in New York, New York - GKV
	Architects in Greenwich, Connecticut...
        ... short stories continue online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0430/news_1-1.html

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Product News - PARAPAN(R) Acrylic Furniture Fronts
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This Week's Quiz -	
	The beautiful Himeji Castle was rebuilt and expanded
	starting in the late 1500s, during a period when Japan
	was in a continuous state of civil war. The building has
	a massive stone wall foundation and upper walls of
	compacted flame-resistant plaster. This plaster was
	developed in response to what technology introduced by
	Portugal after 1543?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0430/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	True or false:
	A. The pagoda and pailou (memorial arch) now associated
	with Chinese architecture were originally introduced to
	China from Japan.
	B. The finest remaining examples of elegantly bracketed
	wood temples in the Tang style (China, 618-907) are
	found outside of China.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0430/answer.html

Classic Home 027 - Colonial by by R. C. Hunter & Bro.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0430/classic_home.html

Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - Carved stone ornamentation (OM-026)
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0430/contents.html

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