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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:41 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2009.0827 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. In last week's green newsletter, we were able to share some hard news about sustainable wood certification. This week, we're reacting to a different kind of hard news. It's an American note, shared by thousands who touched, in hundreds of different ways, with the Kennedy family - the honor to our family that my dad, son of two immigrants, brought JFK to an exploratory pre-campaign dinner in Oregon in 1958. A decade later, we lived across the country in Masschusetts. So as I came into my own political awareness, Ted Kennedy was my first senator. And he has been there, one of our nation's outstanding public interest leaders, ever since. Over these several decades, from time to time and coast to coast, it has been my personal honor to support the man and the work. Not entirely a stranger, thus, to the legislative record of the Lion of the Senate, summarized officially here... http://kennedy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kennedy%20Accomplishments.pdf ...I still stand amazed at the breadth and detail of Ted Kennedy's contributions, not just to the general betterment of U.S. society, but even specifically within the narrow band of climate and energy policy. Joe Romm at Climate Progress has extracted a list worth reading... http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/26/senator-ted-kennedy-dies-champion-of-environment-and-clean-energy/ ...which specifically includes efforts on reducing greenhouse emissions, by Ted Kennedy, going back nearly a decade or more. As Americans, as good people of the planet, let us share the deep sadness of carrying forward now without Ted Kennedy. Let us strive, each as we can, to honor his life in ours, going forward with dedication, empathy, intelligence, and courage. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a Champion of the Environment and Clean Energy - Climate Progress, 2009.0826 http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/26/senator-ted-kennedy-dies-champion-of-environment-and-clean-energy/ Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Solar Panels Drop Sharply in Price - Climate Progess, 2009.0827 http://climateprogress.org/2009/08/27/energy-and-climate-news-for-august-27-solar-panels-drop-sharply-in-price/ Renewable Technologies Increase Energy Sprawl - Climate Feedback (blog), 2009.0827 http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2009/08/renewable_technologies_increas.html Oasis of the Future Taking Shape in a Distant Desert - Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.0826 http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/oasis-of-the-future-taking-shape-in-a-distant-desert/2009/08/25/1251001900553.html After 150 Years, Whither Oil? - New York Times, 2009.0826 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/after-150-years-whither-oil/ Economies of Scale - Memphis Daily News, 2009.0826 http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=44339 Concerns Remain as Europe Changes Bulbs - New York Times, 2009.0826 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/concerns-remain-as-europe-changes-bulbs/ Vancouver Olympic Venues Bask in Green Glow - Journal of Commerce, 2009.0826 http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id35078 Does Carbon Labeling Confuse Consumers? - New York Times, 2009.0825 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/does-carbon-labeling-confuse-consumers/ Africa Seeks Climate Change Cash - BBC News, 2009.0825 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8217449.stm AIA Requires Green Credits - Examiner, 2009.0825 http://www.examiner.com/x-17132-Architecture-Examiner~y2009m8d25-AIA-Requires-Green-Credits NASA 'Sustainability Base' to Be Net Zero Energy - CNet News, 2009.0825 http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10317272-54.html Federal Carbon Storage Grants Awarded - New York Times, 2009.0824 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/federal-carbon-storage-grants-awarded/ Omega Institute Turns on America's First Zero-Impact "Living Building" - Renewable Energy World, 2009.0824 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/alteris-4286/news/article/2009/08/omega-institute-turns-on-americas-first-zero-impact-living-building Germany's ECO CITY - Green Muze, 2009.0824 http://www.greenmuze.com/build/design/1471-germanys-eco-city.html Clean Energy Patents Set Quarterly Record - Sustainable Business, 2009.0824 http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/18764 Climate Change Could Swamp Venice's Flood Defence - New Scientist, 2009.0824 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17668-climate-change-could-swamp-venices-flood-defence.html A Rare Peek at Green Energy Economics - New York Times, 2009.0824 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/a-rare-peek-at-green-energy-economics/ Energy Dept. Fails to Use Thermostats to Cut Costs - New York Times, 2009.0823 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23energy.html Portland to Vancouver, B.C.: A Baby Step for Passenger Rail - The Oregonian, 2009.0823 http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/08/portland_to_vancouver_bc_a_bab.html Europe's Saharan Power Plan: Miracle or Mirage? - Reuters, 2009.0823 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57N00920090824 Tree Cover Far Bigger Than Expected on Farms - Reuters, 2009.0823 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE57N00220090824 Architects Return to Class as Green Design Advances - New York Times, 2009.0820 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/education/20BUILD.html Mercury Found in Every Fish Tested, Scientists Say - New York Times, 2009.0820 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/science/earth/20brfs-MERCURYFOUND_BRF.html Grand Teton Visitor Center - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0819 http://www.archweek.com/2009/0819/index.html Early in the design process of the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson made several key design decisions that were critical to the success of the project. -- * -- Open new doors and gain momentum with new University of Massachusetts Amherst GREEN classes and programs: * Online Green Building Professional Development Series * University Without Walls Bachelors Degree Completion Program in Sustainable Entrepreneurship * Classes in green building/ LEED certification, sustainability, geothermal heat pumps, and more. For more information, visit: http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?090819_UMassULearn -- * -- Homes Linked to 50 Percent More Water Pollution Than Previously Believed - E! Science News, 2009.0819 http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/08/19/homes.pollute.linked.50.percent.more.water.pollution.previously.believed Water Quality Improves after Lawn Fertilizer Ban, Study Shows - ScienceDaily, 2009.0817 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817190741.htm Zero Energy Home in San Francisco - Low Impact Living, 2009.0817 http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/08/17/zero-energy-home-in-san-francisco/ Climate Models Agree on Human 'Fingerprints' - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2009.0814 https://newsline.llnl.gov/_rev02/articles/2009/aug/08.14.09-climate_print.php People and Places by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0819/news_1-1.html RDG Planning & Design in Ames, Iowa - Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Morris Architects in Houston, Texas - Foster + Partners, Ferrovial Agrom.n, and Laing O'Rourke in London, England, United Kingdom - Bergman Walls & Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... -- * -- Architects & Designers Building in New York City Visit 40 luxury kitchen, bath, and home furnishings showrooms at the Architects & Designers Building in New York City. 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