Green Wednesday 2008.0820

Wed Aug 20 17:41:18 PDT 2008

Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,

Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly 
green design and building news from around our planet. 

As LEED project managers know so very well, green is in the details...

	Scientists at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the
	University of Texas, Austin, asked six local manufacturers
	to design a green roof, each with the same 10-centimetre
	depth of soil substrate, and then compared them to an
	ordinary roof. There was a significant difference in the
	amount of water retained by the green roofs, ranging from 26
	to 88% in one rainstorm, simply due to the types of
	substrates and drainage systems used. Even worse, the
	difference between the green roofs was often greater than
	that between a green and a non-vegetated roof.

How Green Is Your Roof? - Nature, 2008.0819
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080819/full/news.2008.1048.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Whatever Floats Your Boat - Nature, 2008.0820
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080820/full/454924a.html

Tibetan Meadows Emit Methane - Nature, 2008.0820
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080820/full/news.2008.1053.html

People Rank Global Warming Lower Than Local Environmental Issues - redOrbit, 2008.0819
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1525558/study_people_rank_global_warming_lower_than_local_environmental_issues/index.html?source=r_science

Universally Welcoming - Ottawa Citizen, 2008.0819
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/homes/story.html?id=af6a8eb6-b2b4-46e0-8e03-45ab22a38d64

Victoria Leads by Example in Sustainable Practices - Vancouver Sun, 2008.0819
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=c97e0dc1-4d09-421e-9f20-b2fe645dc567

Eco-Living at Arcosanti in Cordes Junction - Arizona Republic, 2008.0819
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/08/19/20080819arcosanti0817.html

Structures so Green They Give Back to the Environment - Plenty, 2008.0819
http://www.plentymag.com/features/2008/08/less_then_zero.php
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Using LEED to Become a Green Building Leader - Concrete Contractor, 2008.0818
http://www.forconstructionpros.com/print/Concrete-Contractor/Green-Building/Using-LEED-to-become-a-green-building-leader/7FCP11050

Renewable Power's Growth in Colorado Presages National Debate - Washington Post, 2008.0818
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/17/AR2008081702193.html?nav=rss_email/components

Current Climate Models 'Ignoring Brown Carbon' - SciDev, 2008.0815
http://www.scidev.net/en/news/current-climate-models-ignoring-brown-carbon-.html

Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California - New York Times, 2008.0815
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/15solar.html?ref=science

Plug-in Hybrid from G.M. Is Nearly Ready for Testing - New York Times, 2008.0815
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/15volt.html?ref=science

Oxygen-Starved Ocean 'Dead Zones' Growing Rapidly - New York Times, 2008.0815
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/us/15oceans.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

Baufritz Eco House Built in Newmarket - Cambridge Network, 2008.0815
http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=50365

Antarctic Climate: Short-Term Spikes, Long-Term Warming Linked to Tropical Pacific - ScienceDaily, 2008.0815
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080812160619.htm

Earthship Trooper - Miller-McCune, 2008.0814
http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/589

Desert Museums in Platinum - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0813
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0813/index.html
	Another building type shattered the dual-glazed, low-e glass
	ceiling in April 2008 when the U.S. Green Building Council
	first awarded LEED Platinum certification to a museum complex...

Hot Subways to Floods, All Part of NYC Climate Risk - Reuters, 2008.0812
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1251480420080812

Emission, Energy Reduction at Heart of Proposed Building Code - Capital Times, 2008.0812
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/300318

Earthbag Construction - Mother Earth News, 2008.0812
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/2005-10-01/Earthbag-Construction.aspx

Meltdown in the Arctic Is Speeding Up - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0810
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/10/climatechange.arctic

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
	Rafael Vinoly Architects in Brooklyn, New York -
	KlingStubbins in West Windsor Township, New Jersey - Lake/
	Flato Architects in San Diego, California - MulvannyG2
	Architecture in Shanghai, China - DMJM Design in Arlington,
	Virginia - Will Alsop and Flannery & de la Pole in West
	Bromwich, England, United Kingdom...
        ... short stories continue online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0813/news_1-1.html

Press Release - MHS Prefab Modular Aluminum Building System Meets LARR Requirements
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Press Release - PCA Downgrades 2008 Cement Consumption Forecast
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Vista Affects the Environment - IT Web, 2008.0813
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2008/0808131034.asp?O=FPTOP&S=Green IT&A=GIT

Bentley Licenses Luxology Rendering Engine for MicroStation - Bentley Press Release, 2008.0812
http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Corporate/News/Quarter+3/Luxology.htm

Autostereoscopic Display Makes SIGGRAPH Debut - Calibre, 2008.0807
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	What is the difference between a half-mortise and a
	half-surface hinge?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0813/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	The architect of Chicago's Marshall Field Store also did a
	famous church in Boston. Name the architect and the
	church. Which of those two buildings was built first?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0813/answer.html

Classic Home 034 - Davis House, by Howard Davis
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     Cast iron star anchor plate on mixed brick (FM-12)
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