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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1094 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:50 pm    Post subject: Green Wednesday 2007.0516 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly green design and building news from around the world. A vital forest area that has not been in the headlines enough: "Canada [was urged Monday] by more than 1,500 scientists from more than 50 countries to strengthen protection of the increasingly threatened boreal forest, a key component in the planet's battle with climate change. "Only 10 per cent of the forest is currently protected and the spread of logging, mining and oil and gas operations into Canada's large northern forest is putting at risk the largest carbon storehouse on Earth, the scientists state in the letter obtained by The Globe and Mail... "Countries with tropical rain forests such as Brazil have long faced international pressure from conservationists, but Canada's forest is in many ways just as important to the planet, said scientist Terry Root of Stanford University, who signed the letter and has also authored several reports as a member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." Scientists Plead for Protection of Forests - The Globe and Mail, 2007.0514 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070514.FOREST14/TPStory/National Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Bush Calls for Work for Higher Fuel Efficiency - New York Times, 2007.0515 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/us/15bush.html?ref=science A Google for Green Building Products - Webware, 2007.0515 http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9719405-2.html Setting a Higher Green Standard - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0515 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/15/BAGQKPR2A81.DTL Project to Develop Smart Homes to Tackle Climate Change - Cordis, 2007.0515 http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=27679 Treadmill Desk Whittles While You Work - ZDNet, 2007.0515 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6183744.html Membership in Green Building Council Growing Exponentially - San Diego Business Journal, 2007.0514 http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?aID=87246943.3800976.1473628.1396567.8711722.354&aID2=113347 Eco-Friendly and Stylish, Too - Marin Independent Journal, 2007.0514 http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_5893890 Climate Talks Face International Hurdles - New York Times, 2007.0514 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Germany-Climate-Change.html China's Yangtze River at Risk of 'Disastrous' Bank Collapses - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0514 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/asia/AS-GEN-China-Yangtze.php EPA Giving $71M to Cities to Clean Up Industrial Pollution - San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.0514 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070514-1413-pollutiongrants.html Smart Building Becomes Standard Practice at Public Schools - San Diego Business Journal, 2007.0514 http://www.sdbj.com/industry_article.asp?aID=48844047.7959859.1473654.7069331.2245186.357&aID2=113349 New Solar Panel Promises to Cut Energy Costs in Half - Daily Tech, 2007.0514 http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7253 Slowing Deforestation Key to Climate Fight - Reuters, 2007.0514 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SYD302671.htm Washington Utility to Build Solar Project - New York Times, 2007.0514 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Sunny-Washington.html Green Envy - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0513 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/13/CMGA7PCMDH1.DTL New Eco-Towns to Ease House Crisis - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0513 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2078506,00.html Endangered Species Can Call Even Major Building Developers to Heel - Telegraph, 2007.0512 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/05/12/pwildlife112.xml A Garden in the Sky - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0512 http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/12/MNGGTPPKM01.DTL Green Building Tax Breaks Too Costly for State Budget - In Business Las Vegas, 2007.0511 http://www.inbusinesslasvegas.com/2007/05/11/feature2.html LEEDing on Formaldehyde in California - Healthy Building News, 2007.0511 http://www.healthybuilding.net/news/070511formaldehyde.html Pitt's Green Building Project Begins - WTOP News, 2007.0510 http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=114&sid=1137843 Green Group Urges Ban on Energy-Wasting Light Bulbs - PlanetSave, 2007.0510 http://www.planetsave.com/ps_mambo/The_News/World_News/Green_group_urges_Hong_Kong_ban_on_energy-wasting_light_bulbs_200705108814/ Measuring Solar Access with the Solmetric SunEye - Environmental Building News, 2007.0509 http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm?fileName=160510a.xml Building Information Modeling and Green Design - Environmental Building News, 2007.0509 http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm?fileName=160501a.xml Product News - Translucent Roofs for "Green" Houses by Centerpoint http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0509/products_update.html People and Places This Week - Boston, New York, Fort Lauderdale, Irving, Devens, Charlotte, Redwood City: http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/people_and_places.html ArchitectureWeek Jobs Board - new - introductory free postings! http://jobs.ArchitectureWeek.com/ -- * -- Topical eNewsletters by ArchitectureWeek Green Wednesday - sustainable design and building news http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html Residential Tuesday - housing news and analysis http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/subscribe.html -- * -- Classic Home 074 - Straw Bale House, by Arkin Tilt Architects. http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/classic_home.html This Week's Quiz - In a wide concert hall with high ceilings, the center of the orchestra section often has good sight lines but poor acoustics. In fact, if you don’t mind using binoculars, you may get better sound in the back balcony. Why is this so and how can it be fixed? http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/quiz.html Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz... The Roman Colosseum is an amphitheatre begun by Vespasian in AD 70 and completed by Domitian 12 years later. 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