ArchWeek Green 2009.0804
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Tue Aug 4 16:53:12 PDT 2009
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.
Andy Revkin at the New York Times has a important podium, as Dot
Earth blogger and environmental science reporter for the NYT. And
Revkin has done some great reporting. But questions keep coming up
about the unreasonable credence Revkin gives to climate change
deniers.
No such complaints are heard about Joe Romm, author of the
factually-reliable and hard-hitting Climate Progress blog.
Today, Joe dissects the anti-scientific spin in an Andy Revkin
article that appears on the front page of today's Science Times
section:
NYT's Revkin Persists in Selling Spin from Long-Wrong Deniers That
the IPCC Overestimates the Danger from Warming, When the Reverse
Is True - Climate Progress, August 4, 2009
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/link.php?id=40140
And from last week, an important report comes out of the U.S.
Department of Transportation...
Examining about 50 transportation strategies, the report found
transportation emissions could be reduced 24 percent by 2050 by
acting to change travel behavior and land-use patterns. The
emissions reduction hit 47 percent by adding road pricing
techniques, ranging from pay-as-you-go insurance to charging
Americans for every mile driven.
The report found environmental gains from advances in fuel
efficiency would be mostly undermined by increased travel and
population, making it important to address the efficiency of the
transportation sector by investing in public transit, land-use
planning and other low-carbon alternatives.
U.S. Can Cut Half Its Carbon Emissions from Transportation by 2050, Report Says - Greenwire at NY Times, 2009.0728
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/28/28greenwire-us-can-cut-half-its-carbon-emissions-from-tran-16812.html
Of course, what we need is more like 80-90% percent cuts in carbon emissions from transportation by 2050. But 50% represents a plan that is about halfway there... ever so much better than nothing...
Discuss online:
http://www.architectureforum.com/topic-30006.html
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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India Embarks On Solar Drive - Nature, 2009.0804
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090804/full/news.2009.774.html
South Korea Unveils CO2 Target Plan - Reuters, 2009.0804
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5734VW20090804
Electric Car Maker Sees Market Heating Up - New York Times, 2009.0803
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/electric-car-maker-sees-market-heating-up/
US Joins China In Climate Talks - Nature, 2009.0803
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090803/full/460670a.html
Big Trees Decline in Yosemite - New York Times, 2009.0803
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/big-trees-decline-in-yosemite/
The Vagaries of Federal Efficiency Efforts - New York Times, 2009.0803
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/the-vagaries-of-federal-efficiency-efforts/
On the Road to Recovery - EDC, 2009.0801
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Article_Rotation/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000634133
A New Urban Model for Aesthetic Big-Box Design - EDC, 2009.0801
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Article_Rotation/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000633591
'Cash for Clunkers': One Dealer's Tale - New York Times, 2009.0731
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/cash-for-clunkers-one-dealers-tale/
The Food, Energy and Environment "Trilemma" - New York Times, 2009.0731
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/the-food-energy-and-environment-trilemma/
For Wind Turbines Trucks, Trains Pose Hazard - New York Times, 2009.0731
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/for-wind-turbines-trucks-trains-pose-hazard/
Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds - New York Times, 2009.0730
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?ref=earth
Chile's Fighting Climate Change Is a Role Model for the (Developing) World - Matter Network, 2009.0730
http://www.matternetwork.com/2009/7/chiles-fighting-climate-change-role.cfm
Universities Turn to Kindle - Sometimes to Save Paper - New York Times, 2009.0730
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/universities-turn-to-kindle-sometimes-to-save-paper/
Evaluating Obama's Pledge for Energy Innovation - New York Times, 2009.0730
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/evaluating-obamas-pledge-for-energy-innovation/
Californians' Global Warming Fervor Cools - New York Times, 2009.0730
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/californians-global-warming-fervor-cools/
New Jersey Plans Doubling of Solar Power - New York Times, 2009.0730
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/new-jersey-plans-doubling-of-solar-power/
All-Electric Commercial Vehicles: Now Available in the U.S. - TriplePundit, 2009.0730
http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/all-electric-commercial-vehicles-now-available-in-the-u-s/
The Wisdom of Crowds - Nature, 2009.0730
http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0908/full/climate.2009.73.html
White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters - New York Times, 2009.0730
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/science/earth/30degrees.html?em
Seattle Lofts - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0729
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0729/design_1-1.html
At the edge of the Pike Street and Pine Street corridor in
downtown Seattle is a public transit-oriented neighborhood
populated by mixed-use developments. The 40-by-80-foot
(12.2-by-24.4-meter) site for the 1310 E. Union Lofts was an
infill (midblock) plot, smaller than a typical single-family
residential lot in Seattle.
Deforestation Emissions on the Rise - Nature, 2009.0729
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090729/full/news.2009.752.html
McKinsey Report Cites $1.2 Trillion in Potential Savings from Energy Efficiency - New York Times, 2009.0729
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/mckinsey-report-cites-12-trillion-in-potential-savings-from-energy-efficiency/
Preservation in Portland - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0729
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0729/culture_1-1.html
The recent threat of demolition to Memorial Coliseum in
Portland, Oregon, one of the city's most visible architectural
landmarks, galvanized local architects and historic preservation
advocates. But the city's record on historic preservation, in
terms of both involvement and actually preserving buildings, is
spotty.
The Nation's First Platinum LEED-Certified Supermarket Opens in Maine - TriplePundit, 2009.0729
http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/the-nation%E2%80%99s-first-platinum-leed-certified-supermarket-opens-in-maine/
Financing Model for Home Renewables Spreads - New York Times, 2009.0729
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/financing-model-for-home-renewables-spreads/
Success Stories in Energy Efficiency - New York Times, 2009.0729
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/success-stories-in-energy-efficiency/
Jellyfish Help Mix the World's Oceans - Nature, 2009.0729
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090729/full/news.2009.745.html
A Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions from Deforestation - New York Times, 2009.0729
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/measuring-the-carbon-savings-from-forests/
It's Rainwater to the Rescue If Fire Sprinkler Is Needed at Green Lee's Summit Middle School - Kansas City Star, 2009.0728
http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/independence/story/1350779.html
Buildings Where Energy Is 'Free' - Reuters, 2009.0728
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmBuildings/idUS174474718020090728
Nissan Offers Sneak Peek at Electric Car - New York Times, 2009.0728
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/nissan-offers-sneak-peek-at-electric-car/
Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements - New York Times, 2009.0728
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/oregon-eases-ethanol-requirements/
A Quest for Batteries to Alter the Energy Equation - New York Times, 2009.0728
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/science/28batt.html?_r=1
Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country - New York Times, 2009.0727
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/us/27navajo.html?ref=earth
New Study Backs UN Panel on Ocean Rise - Associated Foreign Press, 2009.0726
http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090726/sc_afp/climatewarmingoceans.html
Why We Need the Climate Bill's Building Code - Reuters, 2009.0726
http://www.reuters.com/article/earth2Tech/idUS115730364020090727
Is the Sun Missing Its Spots? - New York Times, 2009.0721
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/science/space/21sunspot.html?ref=earth
Demand on the Rise for Green Buildings - Miami Herald, 2009.0719
http://www.miamiherald.com/486/story/1138219.html
New Geothermal Heat Extraction Process to Deliver Clean Power Generation - PNNL Press Release, 2009.0718
http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.asp?id=383
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Irvine, California - RTKL in Baltimore, Maryland -
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Wichita Falls, Texas - Rafael Vinoly Architects in
Cleveland, Ohio...
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