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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1337 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:19 pm    Post subject: Green Wednesday 2006.1108 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly news on green design and building from around the world. This is a tough one for residential architecture in a time of expanding luxury markets. But overlooking it begs the most basic questions: "Despite widespread use of efficient technology, a new study by scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory shows that from 1985 to 2002, total residential energy consumption per capita climbed 8 percent, and residential consumption for the nation -- the figure most relevant to global effects like carbon dioxide emissions -- climbed 32 percent. "While reasons for these increases may be complex, the Berkeley report singles out house size as a key factor. A 2005 report from the EIA comes to the same conclusions, showing that households with 3,000 or more square feet use 40 percent more energy than those with 2,000 to 2,400 square feet." - from "Can McMansions Be McGreen?", originally published in E/The Environmental Magazine, and available online at: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06309/735466-109.stm Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- New Campus Architecture Fails to Meet Green Standards - Daily Princetonian, 2006.1107 http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/11/07/news/16444.shtml Under Construction: The Green Property Insurance Market - Insurance Journal, 2006.1107 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2006/11/07/74013.htm Green Goes Glam in London - WorldChanging.com, 2006.1106 http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005266.html Habitat for Humanity, Design Center Team Up for Project - NWAnews.com, 2006.1106 http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/46831/ Can McMansions Be McGreen? - Post-Gazette, 2006.1106 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06309/735466-109.stm 'Green' Forum Targets Blighted Vacant Lots - Post-Gazette, 2006.1106 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06310/735983-113.stm Energy Efficiency Now Key for Homeowners - Tennesseean.com, 2006.1105 http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/FEATURES0303/611050330/1004/MTCN0303 Auto Manufacturer Strikes LEED's Gold - Pollution Engineering, 2006.1105 http://www.pollutioneng.com/CDA/Articles/Column/a7e543f4f8abe010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____ Buildings Add Touch of Green - Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2006.1105 http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/business/article/0,1426,MCA_440_5119055,00.html Water Flows from Rooftop to Rain Garden - The Gresham Outlook, 2006.1103 http://www.theoutlookonline.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=116261310858302900 Stone Green - ArchitectureWeek, 2006.1101 http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1101/environment_1-1.html International Tour Visits Straw-Bale Housing Project in China - AlertNet, 2006.1101 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/219487/116242085773.htm -- * -- The Northeast's leading tradeshow for the building industry is in Boston, November 14-16, 2006. Build Boston brings together over 350 suppliers of building products and services with over 14,000 architects and other professionals. Featuring 225 workshops and networking events, fifteen symposiums, daily Boston tours. 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