Green Wednesday 2008.0618

Thu Jun 19 02:41:07 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. 

The UK government is planning ten new "eco-towns" to be built by 2020.  And the
aspirations, as stated, are high.  But with profound questions asked about just 
how "eco" any such new-town development is likely to be, controversy appears to 
be rising...

	But this time there is a difference: the Nimbys are not
	marching alone. Linking arms with them are not just the
	greenfield regulars of the Campaign to Protect Rural England
	(CPRE): we hear also the measured tread of the Royal Town
	Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Local Government
	Association. They have heard the dream, but they have not
	seen the light. 

	They see only a suburban nightmare: remote, unsustainable, 
	car-dependent housing estates on greenfield sites, built 
	against the opposition of local people and doomed to 
	become the slums of the future. Even the architect and 
	Labour peer Richard Rogers has weighed in, saying: "I
	think eco-towns are one of the biggest mistakes the
	government could make. They are in no way environmentally
	sustainable... building in green areas for 5,000 to 10,000
	people means it has to be car-based... It will not be a
	walking community."

Ecotowns: For and Against - The Times (UK), 2008.0615
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4115568.ece

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Intel Spins Off Solar Energy Technology - Reuters, 2008.0618
http://uk.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUKN1628185720080616

Senate Blocks Debate of Clean Energy Tax Credits - Reuters, 2008.0617
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1730263720080617

Sights Set on Zero Carbon Schools - H&V News, 2008.0617
http://www.hvnplus.co.uk/page.cfm/action=Archive/ArchiveID=4/EntryID=535

Getting Wrapped Up in Solar Textiles - Science Daily, 2008.0617
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617114723.htm

Plants Insulate Pioneering Russian Green Building - New Builder, 2008.0617
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=2513

UN Urges Investors to Embed PRI in Property Portfolios - UNEP Press Release, 2008.0617
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=538&ArticleID=5840&l=en

Blending with the Environment - Cape Cod Online, 2008.0617
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/BIZ/806170301/-1/NEWS

Unusual Green Architecture in Japan: Namba Parks - Now Public, 2008.0616
http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/unusual-green-architecture-japan-namba-parks

Green Home Market Grows - Indianapolis Star, 2008.0616
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/BUSINESS/806160373/1003/BUSINESS

BNIM Architects Gets Sustainable Cities Award - Kansas City Business Journal, 2008.0616
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/06/16/daily9.html

New Rules Planned for Energy Efficient Houses - Courier Mail, 2008.0615
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23863483-3102,00.html

Bentley Shifts Its Color - and Its Focus - to Green - Plant Engineering, 2008.0615
http://www.plantengineering.com/article/CA6568883.html?industryid=47223

The Greening of America - Business Facilities, 2008.0615
http://www.businessfacilities.com/bf_08_06_cover1.php

Chevron's New Eco-Friendly Campus on the North Shore - New Orleans Business News, 2008.0614
http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2008/06/chevrons_new_ecofriendly_campu.html

Net Zero Homes Come to the Annex - The Globe and Mail, 2008.0613
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080613.ANNEX13/TPStory/Environment

Genepax Unveils Water Energy Fuel Cell System - Fuel Cell Today, 2008.0613
http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/online/news/articles/2008-06/Genepax-unveils-water-energy-fuel-cell

Net Zero Homes Come to the Annex - The Globe and Mail, 2008.0613
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080613.ANNEX13/TPStory/Environment

It's Alive: The Growth of Living Walls - BD, 2008.0613
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=453&storycode=3115596&c=1

Additions and Renovations Continue - Michigan Live, 2008.0612
http://blog.mlive.com/squarefootagewm/2008/06/additions_and_renovations_cont.html

Healthy Ambitions - Sustainable Life, 2008.0612
http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=121303841459960400

Historic U.S. Places at Risk - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0611
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0611/news_1-1.html

Rich Nations Fail to Take Lead at Climate Talk: U.N. - Reuters, 2008.0611
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKL1178616420080611

Architects Must Build on Green Knowledge - , 2008.0611
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=14810&channel=0&title=Architects+must+build+on+green+knowledge

Trash to Energy Vaporizer Gets Nod from Committee - Ottawa Sun, 2008.0611
http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/06/11/5837421-sun.html

Building Green and Building Codes - Helena I.R., 2008.0610
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/06/10/weekly_features/health/102hs_080610_house.txt

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/news_2-1.html
	Meeks + Partners in College Station, Texas - Foster +
	Partners in Copenhagen, Denmark - OMA in Rotterdam,
	Netherlands - Rosemann & Associates, P.C. in St. Louis,
	Missouri - Teeple Architects in Vancouver, Canada...
        ... short stories continue online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0611/news_2-1.html

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UI Technology Preview for Autodesk Inventor 2009 - Autodesk Press Release, 2008.0617
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ArchiCAD 12 Released - Graphisoft Press Release, 2008.0616
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Using MS Sharepoint in a Major Construction Effort - Network World, 2008.0616
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061608-using-ms-sharepoint-in-a.html

Right Hemisphere Ships Deep Exploration Software 5.5 - Right Hemisphere Press Release, 2008.0616
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This Week's Quiz -	
	True or false (for lumber in the United States):
	A.	Joists are customarily specified in terms of nominal
		sizes, but calculations to determine the allowable span
		and required modulus of elasticity are based on actual size.
	B.	A "two-by-four" is typically half an inch less deep
		and a "two-by-eight" is typically three-quarters of an
		inch less deep than the nominal size (actual depths are
		3.5 inches and 7.25 inches, respectively).
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	Place the following Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in
	chronological order from oldest to newest.
	A. William H. Winslow House, River Forest, Illinois.
	B. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
	C. Robie Residence, Chicago, Illinois.
	D. Larkin Building, Buffalo, New York.
	E. Unity Church, Oak Park, Illinois.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0611/answer.html

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