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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1337 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:16 pm    Post subject: Green Wednesday 2008.1008 Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends, Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly green design and building news from around our planet. How could we not green the bailout, one wonders rhetorically? "'I cannot help but ponder about how quickly we are ready to act on fixing the transmission, by pumping in almost one trillion dollars in a fortnight,' said Sridhar. 'On the other hand, the engine, which is slowly dying, is not even getting an oil change or a tuneup with the same urgency, let alone a trillion dollars to get ourselves a new engine. "'Just imagine what a trillion-dollar investment would return to the economy, including the 'transmission,' if we committed at that level to green jobs and technologies.' "Indeed, when this bailout is over, we need the next president - this one is wasted - to launch an E.T., energy technology, revolution with the same urgency as this bailout. Otherwise, all we will have done is bought ourselves a respite, but not a future. The exciting thing about the energy technology revolution is that it spans the whole economy - from green-collar construction jobs to high-tech solar panel designing jobs. It could lift so many boats. "In a green economy, we would rely less on credit from foreigners 'and more on creativity from Americans,' argued Van Jones, president of Green for All, and author of the forthcoming "The Green Collar Economy." 'It's time to stop borrowing and start building. America's No. 1 resource is not oil or mortgages. Our No. 1 resource is our people." Green the Bailout - New York Times - Opinion - 2008.0928 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/opinion/28friedman.html Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Vapour Spies to Reveal Climate Clues - Nature, 2008.1008 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081008/full/455714a.html European Legislators Back Emissions Rules - New York Times, 2008.1007 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/worldbusiness/08emit.html?_r=1&ref=environment&oref=slogin A New Flexibility with Thin Solar Cells - New York Times, 2008.1007 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07obsola.html?ref=environment A Gift from the '70s: Energy Lessons - New York Times, 2008.1007 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/science/07tier.html?ref=environment Turning Roofs into Roads - Reed Construction Data, 2008.1006 http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6601378.html?industryid=48567 Catching Some Rays in Greater Numbers - New York Times, 2008.1005 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/long-island/05solarli.html?ref=environment Seas Turn to Acid as They Soak Up CO2 - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.1005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/05/climatechange.italy Rethinking Home Design for Sustainability - National Post, 2008.1004 http://www.nationalpost.com/life/homes/story.html?id=859728 Results from National Survey on Sustainable Practices at Home, Yard - ASLA Press Release, 2008.1004 http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/many-save-utility-bills-indoors/story.aspx?guid={DD8F40B5-2EE9-4CEA-B889-147E27EC07A3}&dist=hppr New Jersey Grants Rights to Build a Wind Farm about 20 Miles Offshore - New York Times, 2008.1004 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/nyregion/04wind.html Eco-Friendly Cars Take Back Seat to Survival of Automakers - Bloomberg, 2008.1003 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aFwdsCD2R8mE&refer=europe Lucasfilm's Letterman Digital Arts Center Achieves LEED Gold - AIArchitect, 2008.1003 http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/1003/1003d_lucas.cfm First US Cap-and-Trade Greenhouse Gas Auction - Science Friday, 2008.1003 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200810033 Nuclear Energy: Falling Out of Favour? - Nature, 2008.1003 http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2008/10/nuclear_energy_falling_out_of.html Six EU States Ready to Block Climate Plan: Poland - Reuters, 2008.1003 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4922NT20081003 Biden, Palin, CO2 Caps, ‘Clean Coal’ - New York Times, 2008.1003 http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/biden-palen-co2-caps-clean-coal/ Toyota Cuts Temporary Jobs in Japan as Sales Decline in U.S. - Bloomberg, 2008.1003 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ac6XzrVUD4c8&refer=japan Dedicated Hybrids Shape New Honda Strategy - New York Times, 2008.1002 http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/dedicated-hybrids-shape-new-honda-strategy/ The Challenge of Sustainable Hospital Building - redOrbit, 2008.1002 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1575210/the_challenge_of_sustainable_hospital_building/ $1 Billion Plug-in Tax Credit in Bailout Bill - Detroit News, 2008.1001 http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/AUTO01/810010432/1148 Gas Shortages Plague the Southeast - BusinessWeek, 2008.1001 http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/sep2008/db20080930_597303.htm?chan=rss_topEmailedStories_ssi_5 Introducing the Green Hospital Room - The Globe and Mail, 2008.0930 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080930.LGREEN30//TPStory Princeton's Newest Building a Study in Light - News at Princeton, 2008.0929 http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/24/62A66/index.xml?section=featured Open Energy Corporation's SolarSave Architectural PV Glass Used in California Academy Building - Open Energy Corporation Press Release, 2008.0925 http://www.electricnet.com/article.mvc/Open-Energy-Corporations-SolarSave-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO Designing Fabric Structures - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0924 http://www.archweek.com/2008/0924/design_1-1.html Postcard from a Tipping Planet - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0924 http://www.archweek.com/2008/0924/environment_1-1.html People and Places by Nancy Novitski Perkins + Will in Maple Grove, Minnesota - Stanton Williams in Berlin, Germany - HMS Architects in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Highland Associates in New York, New York - John Ochsendorf in Chicago, Illinois - S333 Architecture + Urbanism in Plymouth, England, United Kingdom - Race Cottam in London, England, United Kingdom - Ofis Arhitekti in Nova Gorica, Slovenia - Cope Linder Architects in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Douglas Fredrikson Architects in Indian Wells, California - Ellerbe Becket in Providence, Rhode Island - HOK and Studio JTA in New York, New York - Parallax Associates in Chatsworth, California... ... short stories continue online: http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/1001/news_2-1.html -- * -- Save carbon - Switch to ArchitectureWeek! ** https://archweek.securesites.com/subscribe.html -- * -- Product News - Articulating Kitchen Faucet from Kohler http://www.archweek.com/2008/1001/products_update.html ==================================================================== Tools and Downloads -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor this ArchWeek special section and build your brand awareness! http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?081001_notes_tools_sponsor Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended includes all the functions of Acrobat 9 Pro, plus additional features for business and technical professionals. 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