Green Wednesday 2008.0716
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Jul 16 22:26:21 PDT 2008
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If building a new town from scratch doesn't necessarily seem to you like
the most obvious way to create sustainable, low-carbon, environmentally
gentle living opportunities, then you may find resonance in some of the
critiques of the UK national initiative to build 10 new eco-towns...
On 350 hectares spread between the pretty villages of
Yapton, Climping and Ford, a consortium of local landowners
and housebuilders Redrow Homes and Wates Developments want
to build 5,000 homes in a supposedly carbon-neutral town.
Cycle lanes and footpaths will wind between allotments and
'eco-gardens' to zero-carbon homes fitted with solar panels
and wind turbines. A vast biomass boiler will produce
communal electricity, topped up by hydro-electric power from
the ebb and flow of the river. It will be a 'healthy,
vibrant and engaged community', the consortium promises.
Rubbish, say many local residents, who have formed a highly
organised campaign group to block the plan. They say the
eco-town will damage local countryside and wildlife and only
create, rather than solve, environmental problems; they
claim it will become just another enclave of car dependence...
So, Just How Green Will the Eco-Towns Be? - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0713
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/13/greenbuilding.ethicalliving
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Prefab Takes Manhattan - World Changing (blog), 2008.0715
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008223.html
The Language of Going Green - LiveScience, 2008.0714
http://www.livescience.com/environment/080714-green-terms.html
Follow the LEEDer - Metropolis, 2008.0714
http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=3438
Schwarzenegger: Bush Administration's Global-Warming Action Bogus - redOrbit, 2008.0714
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1477201/schwarzenegger_bush_administrations_globalwarming_action_bogus/
New Urban Complex for Dubailand - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0714
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/14/xeritown-new-sustainable-urban-complex-for-dubailand/
County Green Buildings Programs Grow by Almost Fivefold - Greener Buildings, 2008.0714
http://greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/07/14/county-green-buildings-programs-grow-by-almost-fivefold
Australian Ecovillage Receives Sustainability Awards - Infolink, 2008.0714
http://www.infolink.com.au/c/Ritek-Building-Solutions/Australian-ecovillage-receives-sustainability-awards-n806190
GE Gives Turboprops a Whirl - BusinessWeek, 2008.0714
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jul2008/id20080714_980811.htm?chan=innovation_innovation+%2B+design_top+stories
'Green' Latrine, Very Keen - Chicago Tribune, 2008.0713
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-re-campgroup-bathroom-0713jul13,0,5479957.story
Modular Houses Barge In - Martha's Vineyard Magazine, 2008.0712
http://www.mvmagazine.com/article.php?17343
Green Architecture's New Goal: Stylish Sustainability - Christian Science Monitor, 2008.0711
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/07/11/green-architecturea[euro](TM)s-new-goal-stylish-sustainability/
US Court Slaps Down Pollution Law - Nature, 2008.0711
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080711/full/news.2008.952.html
LEED: Credits, Cuts, and Converts - Rapid Growth Media, 2008.0710
http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/leed10908.aspx
Organic Dyes Help Harvest Sunlight - Nature, 2008.0710
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080710/full/news.2008.949.html
World Ports Tackle Greenhouse Gas Emissions - AFP, 2008.0709
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iGn99UWqCXB6EXc1Z4hThbUBhy8g
LCD Chemical Found to Have 17,000 Times the Climate Impact of CO2. - Triple Pundit, 2008.0708
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/lcd-chemical-found-to-have-170-003310.php
Cheney's Office Sought to Change Climate Testimony - New York Times, 2008.0708
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Cheney-Climate.html?scp=1&sq=Environment+climate+change&st=nyt
Green with Architecture - Fordham, 2008.0701
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/june_30_2008/in_focus_faculty_and/sapientia_et_doctrin_29992.asp
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