Green Wednesday 2008.1029

Wed Oct 29 22:50:19 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.

Words well spoken by Keith Clarke...

	Moves towards green building design and construction should
	not be stalled by a global recession, according to
	environmental building experts.

	Keith Clarke, the chief executive of WS Atkins, an
	engineering and architectural services firm, said the design
	and construction industry "simply doesn't have time" to wait
	for the end of a recession before taking action on
	sustainable development.

	"We're in the midst of a financial crash and on the edge of
	a global recession," Mr Clarke told a green building
	conference in Dubai today.

	"But what's really important now is how we change the way we
	use our resources and our environment. We, as professionals,
	have to hold our nerve. We don't have time to wait through a
	three- to five-year global recession. Whether we have a boom
	or a recession, we have to start rationing carbon."

Sustainable Development "Crucial for the Long Term" - The National, 2008.1028
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081028/BUSINESS/108317251/-1/NEWS

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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EU Biofuel Data Change Angers Environmentalists - STV, 2008.1029
http://news.stv.tv/environment/36776-eu-biofuel-data-change-angers-environmentalists/

>From Housing Rubble, Sprouts Green Furniture - Christian Science Monitor, 2008.1029
http://features.csmonitor.com/backstory/2008/10/29/from-housing-rubble-sprouts-green-furniture/

Rare Greenhouse Gas Adds to Climate Concerns - Nature, 2008.1029
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081029/full/4551163a.html

How Sustainability Will Outlive the Recession - Property Week, 2008.1028
http://www.propertyweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=36&storycode=3126113&c=1

Exhibit of Earth-Friendly Designs - Showbiz & Style, 2008.1028
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20081028-168950/Exhibit-of-earth-friendly-designs

Building Up Green Colorado - Colorado Springs Gazette, 2008.1027
http://www.gazette.com/articles/green_42454___article.html/home_building.html

Museum Features Kansas Town That Went Green - Associated Press, 2008.1026
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jtYr0WEfgWkEyuODkGeUdT0Hi9cAD941IPC80

A Pole Barn for Architects - Louisville Courier-Journal, 2008.1026
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081026/SCENE05/810260314

Http://Www.Core77.Com/Blog/Education/Mit_opens_lab_in_italy_on_sustainable_building_11536.Asp - Core77, 2008.1025
http://www.core77.com/blog/education/mit_opens_lab_in_italy_on_sustainable_building_11536.asp

A Unique Residential Green Roof - WRAL, 2008.1025
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/3816523/

LEED for Neighborhood Development Sustains the Places in between Spaces - AIArchitect, 2008.1024
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/1024/1024p_leednd.cfm

European Scientists: 'Let's Set Up a Global Solar Energy Grid' - Triple Pundit, 2008.1024
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/european-scientists-lets-set-u-003659.php

Zero Carbon Building Is the New Standard in England - ENN, 2008.1024
http://www.enn.com/green_building/article/38489

Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List - New York Times, 2008.1023
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/climate-campaigners-on-terrorist-list/

The Candidates' Clean Car Plans - New York Times, 2008.1023
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/the-candidates-clean-car-plans/

OPEC Faces Fresh Dilemma in Setting Oil Targets - MSNBC, 2008.1023
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27340921/

Holcim Honors Top Green Building Projects in North America - Greener Buildings, 2008.1022
http://greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/10/22/holcim-honors-top-green-building-projects-north-america

People and Places by Nancy Novitski
	Foster + Partners in New York, New York - Kise, Straw &
	Kolodner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - SMWM and
	Perkins + Will in San Francisco, California - AvroKO in
	Brooklyn, New York - Shigeru Ban Architects and Dean
	Maltz Architect, with Montroy Andersen DeMarco in New
	York, New York - KlingStubbins in Camden, New Jersey -
	Global Architectural Development in Bodrum, USA - Andy
	Martin Associates in Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Pott
	Architects in Hamburg, Germany...
        ... short stories continue online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/1022/news_1-1.html

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	Elegant and complex, the concrete ribbed vaults of the
	Communal Stadium in Florence (1932), the hangar at
	Orbetello (1938), and the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome
	(1960) are the work of which designer? Note: He
	preferred to describe himself as an engineer rather than
	an architect.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/1022/quiz.html

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	Aluminum oxide, garnet, silicon carbide, and ceramic are
	used as part of various options of what common
	construction product?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/1022/answer.html

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