ArchWeek Green 2009.0827

Thu Aug 27 13:36:17 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.

In last week's green newsletter, we were able to share some hard
news about sustainable wood certification.  This week, we're
reacting to a different kind of hard news.

It's an American note, shared by thousands who touched, in hundreds 
of different ways, with the Kennedy family - the honor to our family 
that my dad, son of two immigrants, brought JFK to an exploratory 
pre-campaign dinner in Oregon in 1958.

A decade later, we lived across the country in Masschusetts.  So 
as I came into my own political awareness, Ted Kennedy was my first
senator.  And he has been there, one of our nation's outstanding
public interest leaders, ever since.  Over these several decades,
from time to time and coast to coast, it has been my personal honor
to support the man and the work.

Not entirely a stranger, thus, to the legislative record of the
Lion of the Senate, summarized officially here...

http://kennedy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kennedy%20Accomplishments.pdf

...I still stand amazed at the breadth and detail of Ted Kennedy's
contributions, not just to the general betterment of U.S. society,
but even specifically within the narrow band of climate and energy
policy.  Joe Romm at Climate Progress has extracted a list worth
reading...

http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/26/senator-ted-kennedy-dies-champion-of-environment-and-clean-energy/

...which specifically includes efforts on reducing greenhouse
emissions, by Ted Kennedy, going back nearly a decade or more.

As Americans, as good people of the planet, let us share the deep
sadness of carrying forward now without Ted Kennedy.  Let us strive,
each as we can, to honor his life in ours, going forward with
dedication, empathy, intelligence, and courage.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a Champion of the Environment and Clean Energy - Climate Progress, 2009.0826
http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/26/senator-ted-kennedy-dies-champion-of-environment-and-clean-energy/

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Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Solar Panels Drop Sharply in Price - Climate Progess, 2009.0827
http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/27/energy-and-climate-news-for-august-27-solar-panels-drop-sharply-in-price/

Renewable Technologies Increase Energy Sprawl - Climate Feedback (blog), 2009.0827
http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2009/08/renewable_technologies_increas.html

Oasis of the Future Taking Shape in a Distant Desert - Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.0826
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/oasis-of-the-future-taking-shape-in-a-distant-desert/2009/08/25/1251001900553.html

After 150 Years, Whither Oil? - New York Times, 2009.0826
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/after-150-years-whither-oil/

Economies of Scale - Memphis Daily News, 2009.0826
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=44339

Concerns Remain as Europe Changes Bulbs - New York Times, 2009.0826
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/concerns-remain-as-europe-changes-bulbs/

Vancouver Olympic Venues Bask in Green Glow - Journal of Commerce, 2009.0826
http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id35078

Does Carbon Labeling Confuse Consumers? - New York Times, 2009.0825
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/does-carbon-labeling-confuse-consumers/

Africa Seeks Climate Change Cash - BBC News, 2009.0825
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8217449.stm

AIA Requires Green Credits - Examiner, 2009.0825
http://www.examiner.com/x-17132-Architecture-Examiner~y2009m8d25-AIA-Requires-Green-Credits

NASA 'Sustainability Base' to Be Net Zero Energy - CNet News, 2009.0825
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10317272-54.html

Federal Carbon Storage Grants Awarded - New York Times, 2009.0824
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/federal-carbon-storage-grants-awarded/

Omega Institute Turns on America's First Zero-Impact "Living Building" - Renewable Energy World, 2009.0824
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/alteris-4286/news/article/2009/08/omega-institute-turns-on-americas-first-zero-impact-living-building

Germany's ECO CITY - Green Muze, 2009.0824
http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1471-germanys-eco-city.html

Clean Energy Patents Set Quarterly Record - Sustainable Business, 2009.0824
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/18764

Climate Change Could Swamp Venice's Flood Defence - New Scientist, 2009.0824
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17668-climate-change-could-swamp-venices-flood-defence.html

A Rare Peek at Green Energy Economics - New York Times, 2009.0824
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/a-rare-peek-at-green-energy-economics/

Energy Dept. Fails to Use Thermostats to Cut Costs - New York Times, 2009.0823
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23energy.html

Portland to Vancouver, B.C.: A Baby Step for Passenger Rail - The Oregonian, 2009.0823
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/portland_to_vancouver_bc_a_bab.html

Europe's Saharan Power Plan: Miracle or Mirage? - Reuters, 2009.0823
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57N00920090824

Tree Cover Far Bigger Than Expected on Farms - Reuters, 2009.0823
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE57N00220090824

Architects Return to Class as Green Design Advances - New York Times, 2009.0820
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/education/20BUILD.html

Mercury Found in Every Fish Tested, Scientists Say - New York Times, 2009.0820
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/science/earth/20brfs-MERCURYFOUND_BRF.html

Grand Teton Visitor Center - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0819
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0819/index.html
	Early in the design process of the Craig Thomas
	Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National
	Park, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson made several key design
	decisions that were critical to the success of the
	project.
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Water Quality Improves after Lawn Fertilizer Ban, Study Shows - ScienceDaily, 2009.0817
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Zero Energy Home in San Francisco - Low Impact Living, 2009.0817
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Climate Models Agree on Human 'Fingerprints' - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2009.0814
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Who's Driving Twitter's Popularity? Not Teens - New York Times, 2009.0826
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