Green Wednesday 2008.0806
ArchitectureWeek Editors
editor at architectureweek.com
Thu Aug 7 10:37:46 PDT 2008
Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis weekly
in this free email newsletter from the editors of ArchitectureWeek.
Food for thought from Arizona...
"'We could build another Phoenix inside the one we already
have, double the population of the city, and ... still have
a population density that is less than it was in 1950,'
[architect Michael Hallmark] says."
Like Suburbs, Large Cities Are Rethinking Growth Patterns - USA Today, 2008.0729
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-07-29-city-growth_N.htm
Reductions in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) due to urban density with
quality, like what Michael Hallmark is suggesting, are probably the
single biggest opportunity for lowering greenhouse gas emissions
from the combined building-and-transportation sector in the U.S.
How should architects, often brought into development senarios
subsequent to site selection, adapt to the growing understanding that
where we build matters now as much as how and what we build?
Residential Design and Building News
------------------------------------
Eco-Towns: A Design for Life - The Times (UK), 2008.0805
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article4458938.ece
Clean Energy: Do We Need an Apollo Project for Energy? - CBC, 2008.0805
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08/01/f-apolloenergy.html
Dockside Green Is the Highest Rated LEED Platinum Project in the World - Green Building Elements, 2008.0805
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/08/05/dockside-green-is-the-highest-rated-leed-platinum-project-in-the-world/
Tucson Firehouses Go Green - Arizona Daily Star, 2008.0804
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/08/04/20080804greenfirehouse0804.html
Newsom Signs the Nation's Most Stringent Green Building Codes - San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0804
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/04/BADQ1250K9.DTL&tsp=1
Scientist Says Feathers Are Future of Asia Construction - Associated Foreign Press, 2008.0803
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gUx5CVs5adI9h51crqZRvrtrZCtQ
When Building Green Harms the Environment - MSNBC, 2008.0803
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25740603/
Las Vegas Bets on Environmentalism - USA Today, 2008.0803
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-08-03-green-las-vegas_N.htm
Edible Kitchen Cabinets? - West Coast Homes, 2008.0803
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=87bdfef2-883d-4920-80f5-37b6b49dae48
California Green Building Code Harbinger of the Future? - GlobeSt, 2008.0802
http://www.globest.com/news/1207_1207/sacramento/172819-1.html
Wildfires May Improve Forests' Ability to Sequester Carbon - Scientific American, 2008.0801
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=wildfires-may-improve-forests
U.S. Utilities Advance Solar Projects - World Changing (blog), 2008.0801
http://www.enn.com/business/article/37821http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008310.html
Common-Sense Green Buildings - BusinessWeek, 2008.0801
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/08/0801_arch2030/
Peter G. Christie - Baltimore Sun, 2008.0801
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bal-md.ob.christie01aug01,0,452167.story
China's 'Rapid Renewables Surge' - BBC News, 2008.0801
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7535839.stm
MIT Develops Way to Bank Solar Energy at Home - Reuters, 2008.0731
http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUKN3145191020080731
Scraping the Bottom of the Oil Barrel a Significant New Climate Risk - Web Wire, 2008.0730
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=71278
Three Senators Call for EPA Chief to Resign - Reuters, 2008.0729
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2925419020080729
The Costs of Not Building Green - Green Building Elements, 2008.0724
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/07/24/the-costs-of-not-building-green/
A Concrete Fix to Global Warming - Technology Review, 2008.0723
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/21117/
People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
Omniplan, Mayse & Associates, and Beeler Guest Owens
Architects in Pearland, Texas - Elliott Marshall Innes,
P.A., with Lord, Aeck & Sargent in Tallahassee, Florida -
Cannon Design in Grand Island, New York - SmithGroup in
Washington, D.C., USA - Gresham, Smith and Partners in
Franklin, Tennessee...
... short stories continue online:
http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0730/news_2-1.html
-- * --
"I look forward to ArchitectureWeek every week. You're awesome!"
- JD, Saint Louis, Missouri
Switch to ArchWeek - save carbon **
https://archweek.securesites.com/subscribe.html
-- * --
Product News - Warmboard(R) - Structural Radiant Subfloor
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0730/products_update.html
====================================================================
Tools and Downloads
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sponsor this ArchWeek special section and build your brand awareness!
http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?080730_notes_tools_sponsor
Insulated Metal Panel Performance
Insulated Metal Panels (IMPs) typically consist of an
insulated core with exterior and interior metal skins.
Suitable for exterior walls or roof systems, IMPs are
installed outside the metal stud cavity, and can increase
the thermal efficiency of the building envelope to 95
percent. Download a white paper on IMPs from the Metal
Construction Association.
http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?080730m_downloads.html
QuickARC 3D
QuickARC 3D is a free 3D CAD model-viewing software that
reads 3D files in the .STL format or the Google Sketchup
format (.SKP). Convert Sketchup models to 3D, find thin
walls, do automatic architectural scaling, view multiple
models, check for quality, and then get an instant online
quote for 3D printing.
http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?080730q_downloads.html
Open Source and Cloud Computing - O'Reilly Radar, 2008.0731
http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/07/open-source-and-cloud-computing.html
RAIC 2030 Wiki Launched at the Festival of Architecture 2008 - Canadian Architect, 2008.0731
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=87707&issue=07302008
QuarkXPress 8 Now Available - Quark Press Release, 2008.0731
http://www.quark.com/about/presscenter/prview.cfm?idx=1299&alap=no
Autodesk, Inc. Earnings Conference Call - Yahoo Finance, 2008.0729
http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/9/95929.html
Siemens Ships CAM Express V6.0 - TenLinks, 2008.0728
http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/siemens_plm/072808_camexpress_v6.htm
--------------------------------------------------------------------
ArchitectureWeek Blog Center - industry-wide postings listed live, 24x7...
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/
ArchitectureWeek Jobs Board - a free and growing industry resource
http://jobs.ArchitectureWeek.com/
ArchitectureWeek Book Center - 87 architecture-related categories
Sustainable Design and Building Books
http://www.architectureweek.com/books/browse.php?category=46
Ecology & Sustainability
http://www.architectureweek.com/books/browse.php?category=62
-- * --
"I have been wandering through the free section for a couple of years and have
probably missed out on a lifetime of knowledege. Time to play catchup."
- JHM, Duxbury, Vermont
Subscribe today - Save trees now! **
https://archweek.securesites.com/subscribe.html
-- * --
Green Building Forum
http://arch.DesignCommunity.com/forum-22.html
LEED and Green Certification Forum
http://arch.DesignCommunity.com/forum-30.html
Architecture Discussion Forum
http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/forum-6.html
Architecture Students Forum
http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/forum-13.html
ArchWeek Classified Ads - Buy/Sell & Services
http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/adverts.php
This Week's Quiz -
For a mason laying concrete masonry units (CMU), what
weight of CMU will the mason lift in a typical day's
work - one-half ton, 1.5 tons, or three tons (0.9,
1.4, or 2.7 metric tons)?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0730/quiz.html
Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
If your 6'-6"- (198-centimeter-) tall client had a
limited amount of space, what is the smallest size
mirror you could have installed that would reflect his
full-height image?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0730/answer.html
Classic Home 033 - English cottage-style brick, by William Carver
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0730/classic_home.html
Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - (OM-064)
Carved stone molding. Top to bottom: egg-and-dart, dentil
band, fascia, egg-and-dart ovolo, foliated band, leaf- or
heart-and-dart, fascia between two bead-and-reel moldings.
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0730/contents.html
Current Events and Exhibits
http://calendar.ArchitectureWeek.com/events/
New Design Competitions
http://calendar.ArchitectureWeek.com/competitions/
Upcoming Conferences and Expos
http://calendar.ArchitectureWeek.com/conferences/
Five years ago in ArchitectureWeek:
Tools for Field Surveying, by Evan H. Shu, FAIA
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2003/0730/tools_1-1.html
For any subscription-related questions, just drop us a line at
"subscriptions at architectureweek.com".
Joining the list to get this weekly message is always free. And
please write to us directly anytime, at "editor at architectureweek.com".
Best wishes,
Kevin Matthews
Editor in Chief
ArchitectureWeek
** ArchitectureWeek is a green publication. By publishing
this professional design and building magazine online-only,
we save about 48 tons of paper monthly, 50 large trees
every week, or 2500 trees (around a dozen acres of mature
conifer forest) each year, compared to reaching a similar
readership on paper - not counting these newsletters!
We provide ongoing pro-bono services to local non-profit
sustainability organizations. And our company offices are
powered by 100% wind energy through our local utility:
http://www.eweb.org/Business/windpower/index.htm
Reduce your carbon footprint... Switch those old paper-based
monthly subscriptions - and read ArchitectureWeek online!
Market to 10,000 professionals in this green design and building newsletter:
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/media_kit.html
Update your firm and project entries in Archiplanet, the industry-leading wiki:
http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Help:Getting_Started
Suggest a web site to be linked from our free Web Directory:
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/links/
Join the free email list for this weekly email newsletter:
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html
Subscribe and contribute to help support ArchitectureWeek on the Web:
https://archweek.securesites.com/cgi-bin/support_archweek.cgi
Free Newsletters by ArchitectureWeek - subscribe today!
ArchWeek Notes - the latest of ArchitectureWeek, every week
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html
Green Wednesday - sustainable design and building news
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html
Residential Tuesday - housing news and analysis
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html
To UNSUBSCRIBE, and also for self-service change of email address:
http://www.architectureweek.com/mailman/listinfo/wednesday
+ - - Copyright (c) 2008 Artifice, Inc. - All Rights Reserved. - - +
Share Green Wednesday with a friend!
More information about the wednesday
mailing list