ArchWeek Green 2009.1103
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Tue Nov 3 13:02:51 PST 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.
The Solar Decathlon is sponsored every two years by the U.S. Department
of Energy. I'm especially intrigued and impressed with the great
projects pulled off this time around:
"In mid-October 2009, twenty teams of engineering and
architecture students erected houses on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., for the Solar Decathlon green building
contest. After spending two years designing and building
cutting-edge solar houses, the teams - mostly from North America
- sought the designation of "most attractive, effective, and
energy-efficient" for their structures.
"Each house showcases the best principles of sustainable design
by incorporating its architectural and engineering aspects into
a unified equation of efficiency. The idea of the contest, as
Decathlon Director Richard King put it, is "looking at a house
as a total system that's integrated with renewable energy...
from the beginning, so that it all works together and the house
becomes part living organism, part living system."
"Each team was judged on ten elements - hence the "decathlon" -
including architecture, engineering and market viability. They
also tried to measure up on communications, lighting design, hot
water systems, comfort (indoor temperature and humidity
maintenance), appliances, and home entertainment. This year, the
"net metering" contest evaluated entries on how much extra
energy they could feed back into the electrical grid..."
The ArchWeek cover photo itself is well worth a click:
Solar Decathlon 2009, by Katherine Gustafson - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1028
http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/1028/index.html
Discuss online:
http://www.architectureforum.com/topic-30996.html
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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The must-read solutions book - "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" by Al Gore - Climate Progress, 2009.1101
http://climateprogress.org/2009/11/01/al-gore-our-choice-a-plan-to-solve-the-climate-crisis-by-al-gore-solutions-book/
BPN Sustainability Award Winners Announced - Architecture & Design (Australia), 2009.1103
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/BPN-Sustainability-Award-winners-announced/504293.aspx
High Entropy? Moi? - World Changing (blog), 2009.1102
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010700.html
Portland Establishes Climate Action Plan - New York Sun, 2009.1102
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/portland-establishes-climate-action-plan/
Old Ships Exempt from New Pollution Rules - New York Times, 2009.1102
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/old-ships-exempt-from-new-pollution-rules/
Are Meetings in Barcelona and Copenhagen "Make or Break" for Climate? - New York Times, 2009.1102
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/are-meetings-in-barcelona-and-copenhagen-make-or-break-for-climate/
E.P.A. Lawyers Challenge "Cap and Trade" for Climate - New York Times, 2009.1102
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/epa-lawyers-challenge-cap-and-trade-for-climate/
Green University: Saudi Arabia's KAUST with Eco-Friendly Environment - Clean Techies, 2009.1102
http://blog.cleantechies.com/2009/11/02/green-university-saudi-arabia-kaust-eco-friendly-environment/
The Complex Interactions of Fire and Environmental Sustainability. - NFPA Journal, 2009.1102
http://www.nfpa.org/publicJournalDetail.asp?categoryID=&itemID=45067&src=NFPAJournal&cookie_test=1
Texas A&M Professor Pliny Fisk Works to Build Better Environment - The Batallion, 2009.1102
http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/11/02/News/Texas.Am.Professor.Pliny.Fisk.Works.To.Build.Better.Environment-3819495.shtml
California's Green Building Super Heroes - Mother Nature Network, 2009.1102
http://www.mnn.com/business/commercial-building/blogs/californiaa[euro](TM)s-green-building-super-heroes
Brazil Mulls Major Climate Action - Nature, 2009.1102
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/462018a.html
The Melting Snows of Kilimanjaro - Nature, 2009.1102
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1055.html
Native American Culture Sowed Seeds of Its Own Collapse - Nature, 2009.1102
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1046.html
Satellite Launches to Track the World's Water - Nature, 2009.1102
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1054.html
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Debate Flares on Limits of Nature and Commerce in Parks - New York Sun, 2009.1101
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/science/earth/01reyes.html?ref=earth
Solar Power from Sahara a Step Closer - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1101
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/solar-power-sahara-europe-desertec
Architects' Headquarters Gets "Green" Seal of Approval - Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2009.1031
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/LEED01_20091031-175203/302859/
Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation - New York Sun, 2009.1030
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/report-argues-for-a-de-centralized-system-of-renewable-power-generation/
Design Green Awards Elevate Sustainable Architecture in California - Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1029
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/29/design-green-awards-elevate-sustainable-architecture-in-california/
Wrangle over How to Pay Greenhouse Gas Bill - Financial Times, 2009.1029
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40de025e-c42c-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.html
Connecticut Science Center by Pelli - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1028
http://www.archweek.com/2009/1028/design_1-1.html
The Connecticut Science Center is a new architectural
showpiece in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, designed
by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. The design expresses
themes that have been part of Cesar Pelli's oeuvre for
many years: the importance of public space and its role
in the city.
Climate Change Will Devastate Africa, Top UK Scientist Warns - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1028
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/28/africa-climate-change-sir-gordon-conway
SeaShelter - Submersible Shelter Rides the Tides - Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1027
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/27/seashelter-submersible-shelter-rides-the-tides/
Obama Plans Big Smart Grid Announcement - Reuters, 2009.1026
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE59P3EP20091026
Refining the Future - Nature Reports Climate Change, 2009.1022
http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0911/full/climate.2009.111.html
People and Places, by Nancy Novitski
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/1028/news_1-1.html
Ellerbe Becket and AECOM in Minneapolis, Minnesota -
Herzog & de Meuron in Miami, Florida - Kohn Pedersen
Fox in Seoul, South Korea - RTKL in Washington, D.C.,
USA - Tony Fretton Architects in Warsaw, Poland...
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