ArchWeek Green 2008.1126
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Nov 26 11:05:44 PST 2008
Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,
ArchWeek Green from the editors of the leading architecture magazine
online brings you weekly sustainable design and building news from
around our planet.
What do your friends and relatives think about climate change? Is it
safe to talk about when relaxing after a turkey dinner?
Is it safe not to talk about it?
A recent article in Nature Reports Climate Change reviews the really
long-term impacts of ongoing carbon dioxide emissions...
The lasting effects of CO2 also have big implications for
energy policies, argues James Hansen, director of NASA's
Goddard Institute of Space Studies. "Because of this long
CO2 lifetime, we cannot solve the climate problem by slowing
down emissions by 20% or 50% or even 80%. It does not matter
much whether the CO2 is emitted this year, next year, or
several years from now," he wrote in a letter this August.
"Instead ... we must identify a portion of the fossil fuels
that will be left in the ground, or captured upon emission
and put back into the ground."
Carbon is Forever
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0812/full/climate.2008.122.html
Discuss online:
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Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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States Flirting with Higher Gas Taxes - New York Times, 2008.1124
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/states-flirting-with-higher-gas-taxes/
Southern Ocean Changing but Still Major CO2 Sink: Study - Reuters, 2008.1124
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AN1P020081124
Economic Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy - New York Times, 2008.1124
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/25climate.html?_r=1&ref=earth&oref=slogin
Renovating the U.N., with Hints of Green - New York Times, 2008.1122
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/arts/design/22nati.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=architecture+design+building&st=nyt
Calif. Climate Crusaders Set to Act in Congress - MSNBC, 2008.1121
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27846093/
U.N. Publishes Draft Proposal Ahead of Climate Meet - Reuters, 2008.1121
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AJ88O20081121
Environmentalists Speak Out on Auto Bailouts - New York Times, 2008.1121
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/environmentalists-speak-out-on-auto-bailouts/
With Gas Prices Down, Seats Open Up on the Bus - New York Times, 2008.1121
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/with-gas-prices-down-seats-open-up-on-the-bus/
The Many Uses of Wastewater - New York Times, 2008.1121
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/the-many-uses-of-wastewater/
Debating the Green Building Premium - New York Times, 2008.1120
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/debating-the-green-building-premium/
Green Skyscraper by Cook + Fox - ArchietctureWeek, 2008.1119
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/1119/building_1-1.html
Expected be the first LEED Platinum skyscraper, the
945-foot- (288-meter-) tall Bank of America Tower is
located at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan,
opposite Bryant Park.
Pollution Has Leveled Off, but the Figures Have Holes, Report Says - New York Times, 2008.1118
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/world/18climate.html?ref=earth
Forestry Carbon Dioxide Projects to Close Down - Nature, 2008.1118
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081118/full/456289a.html
Aquarium of the Pacific Opens Carbon Neutral Aquarium Building - Z & A Visitor, 2008.1118
http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-631-Aquarium_of_the_Pacific_Opens_First_Carbon_Neutral_Aquarium_Building
Living Off What Nature Provides - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.1118
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/living-off-what-nature-provides/2008/11/18/1226770451140.html
Los Angeles Architects Recognize Top Green Design Firm - PR Web, 2008.1118
http://www.prweb.com/releases/LPA/Green_Design_Firm/prweb1636144.htm
Obama Vows Climate Action Despite Financial Crisis - Reuters, 2008.1118
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AH79220081118
Prius Diary Extra - How Green Should Detroit Be? - New York Times, 2008.1117
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/prius-diary-extra-how-green-should-detroit-be/
The New MacBook's Green Credentials - New York Times, 2008.1117
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/the-new-macbooks-green-credentials/
Trees and Consumption: A Forest of Calculations - New York Times, 2008.1117
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/trees-and-consumption-a-forest-of-calculations/
The Beautifully Unfolding Ocho Casas Housing Complex - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.1117
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/17/origami-inspired-social-housing/
Museum Features Tiny Town That Went Green - Morning News, 2008.1117
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/11/17/your_home/111708yhgreen.txt
Green Gap - Wall Street Journal, 2008.1116
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122661046508725685.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
At Exxon, Making the Case for Oil - New York Times, 2008.1116
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16exxon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Going Green: Still Challenging Turf - New York Times, 2008.1116
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/realestate/16wczo.html
Designing Green Buildings for the Real World - New York Times, 2008.1114
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/designing-green-buildings-for-the-real-world/
Marine Dead Zones Set to Expand Rapidly - Nature, 2008.1114
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081114/full/news.2008.1230.html
EPA Ruling over Climate Jeopardizes Coal Plants - Reuters, 2008.1114
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AD71120081114
Water Laws May Be Used to Fight Warming - New York Times, 2008.1113
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/water-laws-may-be-used-to-fight-warming/?em
Climate Change: Stronger, Faster, Sooner - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112
http://www.archweek.com/2008/1112/news_1-1.html
New Global Warming Law Won't Happen Soon - MSNBC, 2008.1112
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27684899/
California Academy of Sciences - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112
http://www.archweek.com/2008/1112/environment_1-1.html
Climate First for Obama Transition Team - Nature, 2008.1108
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081111/full/456146a.html
People and Places by Nancy Novitski
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/1119/news_2-1.html
Renzo Piano in Fort Worth, Texas - Behnisch Architekten,
with Ayers/ Saint/ Gross in Baltimore, Maryland - Shepley
Bulfinch and Erdman in Janesville, Wisconsin - Frank Gehry
in Toronto, Canada - CORE architecture + design in
Washington, D.C., USA - Randall Stout Architects, with RRMM
Architects in Roanoke, Virginia - Leo A Daly in Los Angeles,
California
... short stories continue online:
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