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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:27 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2009.0301 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 finding may not stick going forward, but data for 2008 is showing that the world economic crisis so far has not lowered CO2 emissions enough to it to show up in the atmosphere. In fact, the annual rate of CO2 increase has still been going up... CO2 Rise in Atmosphere Accelerates in 2008 - Reuters, 2009.0225 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE51O4FG20090225 As Steven Chu told the LA Times earlier this year, "I don't think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen." Maybe "we" still need to hear more harsh-reality news, like this... Droughts 'May Lay Waste' to Parts of US - Guardian, 2009.0226 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/26/drought-us-climate-change While beavering away all the faster at doing better 1) in our professional practice, where we take actions with great leverage, and 2) in our personal lives, where voting with our wallets counts even more as the wallets shrink... American Taste for Soft Toilet Roll 'Worse than Driving Hummers' - Guardian, 2009.0226 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/26/toilet-roll-america Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Obama's Backing Raises Hopes for Climate Pact - New York Times, 2009.0228 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/science/earth/01treaty.html Climate change: The semantics of denial - Guardian blog, 2009.0227 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/feb/27/climate-change-deniers-sceptics $25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched - New York Times, 2009.0227 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/business/energy-environment/27green.html Cutting consumption is more important than limiting population - Guardian blog, 2009.0225 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/feb/25/population-emissions-monbiot Economic Crisis Complicates California's Goals on Climate - New York Times, 2009.0225 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25carbon.html?ref=earth Green Support Remains, LEED Interest Slips - GlobeSt, 2009.0225 http://www.globest.com/news/1354_1354/losangeles/177097-1.html Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen AIA Firm Award - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0225 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0225/index.html Since Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects was founded in 1971, the Seattle firm has sought to integrate contemporary architectural forms into the natural settings of the Pacific Northwest, employing a combination of sensitivity and efficiency that can be recognized as sustainable design. E.P.A. Is Told to Reconsider Its Standards on Pollutants - New York Times, 2009.0225 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25air.html?ref=earth Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power - New York Times, 2009.0225 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/realestate/commercial/25cogen.html?ref=earth Sears Tower in Silver? A Green Idea That Isn't as Good as Gold - Chicago Tribune, 2009.0225 http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/02/might-sears-tower-the-black-mountain-of-the-chicago-skylineturn-silverdont-count-on-it-even-ifsuch-a-jarring-movemight-cu.html In Climate Debate, Exaggeration Is a Pitfall - New York Times, 2009.0225 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25hype.html?_r=1&ref=earth Satellite to Monitor Carbon Sinks Sinks - Nature, 2009.0224 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090224/full/4571067b.html Green Expertise Turns to Gold - Oregonian, 2009.0224 http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2009/02/helping_china_go_green.html Using LEED to Measure Spray Polyurethane Foam - Spray Foam, 2009.0224 http://www.sprayfoam.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=218 Nations Pull Together to Cut Mercury Emissions - Nature, 2009.0224 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090224/full/news.2009.118.html Turning Bricks and Mortar Green - MIT News, 2009.0223 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/greening-buildings-0223.html Using Recycled and Green Building Materials - AZoBuild, 2009.0223 http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=6301 Harbour Threat for Coelacanths - Nature, 2009.0223 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090223/full/4571063a.html West Blamed for Rapid Increase in China's CO2 - Guardian, 2009.0223 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/23/china-co2-emissions-climate The Greenest Building... - Earth911, 2009.0223 http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/23/the-greenest-building/ Uncertainty over Animal Crossings - Nature, 2009.0223 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090223/full/news.2009.114.html Is the New York Times Coverage of Global Warming Fatally Flawed? - Climate Progress blog, 2009.0222 http://climateprogress.org/2009/02/22/is-the-new-york-times-coverage-of-global-warming-fatally-flawed/ Arctic Coastal Erosion Doubles in 50 Years - Nature, 2009.0220 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/220/2 Peak Energy: Promise or Peril? - Nature, 2009.0219 http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0903/full/climate.2009.19.html Solar Team Steels Itself for Victory - The Santa Clara, 2009.0219 http://media.www.thesantaclara.com/media/storage/paper946/news/2009/02/19/News/Solar.Team.Steels.Itself.For.Victory-3638168.shtml E.P.A. Expected to Regulate Carbon Dioxide - New York Times, 2009.0219 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/science/earth/19epa.html Melt-Pools 'Accelerating Arctic Ice Loss' - Guardian, 2009.0218 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/18/arctic-ice-melt Investors Target Exxon, Massey for Lags on Climate - Reuters, 2009.0218 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE51H5X620090218 New York Must Prepare for Global Warming, Mayor's Panel Says - New York Times, 2009.0218 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/science/earth/18climate.html Changes Set for Green Ratings - North Bay Business Journal, 2009.0216 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090216/BUSINESSJOURNAL/902130224/1315/LIFESTYLE05?Title=Changes_set_for_green_ratings Press Release - Bentley's "Be Employable" Initiative Provides Free Software and Training to Help Sustain Infrastructure Professions http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?090225_bentley_press_release.html Press Release - AIA CEO Talks TOD to Transportation Finance Reform Panel http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?090225_aia_press_release.html People and Places by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0225/news_1-1.html UNStudio in Graz, Austria - Brave / Architecture in Houston, Texas - Glidden, Spina & Partners in West Palm Beach, Florida - FxFowle Architects in New York, New York - Gilfillan Callahan Nelson Architects in Vernon Hills, Illinois - HOK in Chicago, Illinois - Corgan Associates in Dallas, Texas - WDG Architecture in College Park, Maryland - Beyer Blinder Belle in New York, New York - Omniplan in Corpus Christi, Texas... -- * -- Please help us build ArchitectureWeek with your support... 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