Green Wednesday 2008.0514
ArchitectureWeek Editors
editor at architectureweek.com
Thu May 15 05:47:45 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.
Good news for polar bears today, who are just the tip of the iceberg,
and for dueling attorneys on both sides of climate crisis response:
The Interior Department on Wednesday designated the polar
bear as threatened with extinction because of shrinking sea
ice, making it the first creature added to the endangered
species list primarily because of global warming.
The designation under the Endangered Species Act requires
the agency to identify critical habitat to be protected and
to form a strategy to assist the bear population's recovery.
But the department also issued special rules designed to
exempt from the law offshore oil and gas drilling in prime
polar bear habitat off Alaska's north coast.
Moreover, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced he
was taking a series of steps to short-circuit legal plans by
conservation groups to use the polar bear's protected status
to block new power plants and other sources of carbon
dioxide and other gases that contribute to global warming.
Polar Bear Added to Endangered Species List - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0515
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-polar15-2008may15,0,1220040.story
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Shortage of Experts May Mar Green Plans - Business Standard (India), 2008.0515
http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=1&autono=322961&tab=r
Warming World Altering Thousands of Natural Systems - Nature, 2008.0514
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/news.2008.823.html
Raking through Sludge Exposes a Stink - Nature, 2008.0514
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/453262a.html
Forest-Fire Management 'Raises Carbon Emissions' - Nature, 2008.0514
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/full/news.2008.818.html
Getting Creative to Save Energy - Harbor Light News, 2008.0514
http://www.harborlightnews.com/atf.php?sid=4743¤t_edition=2008-05-14
Homes for Our Future - Forestry Commission, 2008.0514
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/AllByUNID/C765B19A9AC584D68025740B003B4F25
HOK Sustainable Strategist Greg Allen Wins Green Toronto Award - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2008.0514
http://dcnonl.com/article/id27635
Nissan Focuses on Greener Cars - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0514
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121074186054991351.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. By ’10 - New York Times, 2008.0513
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/business/13auto.html?adxnnl=1&ref=science&adxnnlx=1210796293-GYNO8+vzAa49R1QNOu2yvQ
How to Deliver the Zero Carbon Built Environment? - Personal Computer World, 2008.0513
http://www.pcw.co.uk/business-green/analysis/2216496/deliver-zero-carbon-built
Clearing the Air on Liquid Natural Gas - Triple Pundit, 2008.0512
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/clearing-the-air-on-liquid-nat-003108.php
Congress Must Reform Federal Subsidies to Biofuels - Opinion at Environmental Expert, 2008.0512
http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=28754&codi=31480&idproducttype=8&level=0
The Class Isn't Always Greener (but It Could Be) - New York Times, 2008.0512
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/the-class-isnt-always-greener-but-it-could-be/
Industry Group Proposes 'More Flexible' Definition of Zero-Carbon Housing - BD, 2008.0512
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=725&storycode=3113320&c=1&encCode=00000000014ca475
Solar Industry Needs Workers - San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0510
http://66.35.240.8/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/10/BUGD10JVGP.DTL
Korean Village Runs on 100% Solar Power - MetaEfficient (blog), 2008.0510
http://www.metaefficient.com/renewable-power/korean-village-runs-on-100-solar-power.html
Building a New and Sustainable Residential Model - New West, 2008.0510
http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/a_new_residential_model/C61/L36/
Green and Smart - Exhibit Shows How to Build Both - Chicago Sun-Times, 2008.0509
http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/941076,HOF-News-cover09.article
Consider Making Your Next Building Green - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 2008.0509
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=749034
Reuters Kick the Oil Habit and Make Your Own Ethanol - Yahoo News, 2008.0508
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/us_nm/ethanol_homemade_dc
AIA Releases Study of Three Green Building Rating Systems - AIA Press Release at ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0508
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0507/press_release_1-1.html
AIA Portland Design Awards 2007 - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0507
http://www.architectureweek.com/2008/0507/news_1-1.html
Offshore Wind: How Europe Plans to Meet Clean Energy Goals - Triple Pundit, 2008.0507
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/offshore-wind-how-europe-plans-003096.php
Energy-Saving Alternatives - EDC, 2008.0502
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Featured_Special_Sections/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000328514
People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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California - SHW Group in Lubbock, Texas - Bovis Lend
Lease in Melbourne, Australia - HOK in Chicago,
Illinois - Gwathmey Siegel in New York, New York...
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Burt Hill Receives Revit BIM Experience Award - Autodesk Press Release, 2008.0514
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/200805140800PR_NEWS_USPR_____AQW008.htm
AutoDesSys Previews BonZai 3D - AutoDesSys Press Release, 2008.0513
http://formz.com/news/news.php
Drcauto Releases !SlingShot Max 2009 for AutoCAD - TenLinks, 2008.0509
http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/drcauto/050908_!slingshot_max09.htm
Autodesk Acquires REALVIZ - Broadcast Buyer, 2008.0508
http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/Acquisitions_amp_Mergers_68/Autodesk_Acquires_Assets_Of_REALVIZ_16061.shtml
TGrid 5.0 Meshing Tool Released - ANSYS Press Release, 2008.0508
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=118715&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1142777&highlight=
DEM Releases EDEM 2.0 for Particle Simulation - TenLinks, 2008.0508
http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/DEM/050808_edem_v2.htm
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This Week's Quiz -
In considering thermal impacts and how they relate to
building orientation, which of the following statements
are correct, based on a northern hemisphere
location?
A. A building orientation east of south will give a
better yearly performance and a more equal daily heat
distribution than a building oriented west of south.
B. The amount of radiation received on the west face of
the building is higher than that received on a flat roof
of the same area.
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Architecture Answer - for last issue'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?
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