Green Wednesday 2007.0404

[Kevin]

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly green design and building news from around the world.

Writings this week are looking at going to the next level, in terms of taking responsibility, in this New York Times story, and in other ways.

Our version: Should any significant new building design award, in 2007 or maybe 2008, go to a project that isn't certifiably green?

"The obligation of the established greenhouse-gas emitters to help those most imperiled by warming derives from the longstanding legal concept that "the polluter pays," many experts say.

"'We have an obligation to help countries prepare for the climate changes that we are largely responsible for,' said Peter H. Gleick, the founder of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security in Berkeley, Calif. His institute has been tracking trends like the burst of new desalination plants in wealthy places running short of water.

"'If you drive your car into your neighbor's living room, don’t you owe your neighbor something?' Dr. Gleick said. 'On this planet, we're driving the climate car into our neighbors' living room, and they don’t have insurance and we do.'"

Reports from Four Fronts in the War on Warming - New York Times, 2007.0403
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/earth/03clim.html?ref=science


Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Japanese brands boost March car sales - San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0404
"Toyota's U.S. sales jumped 11.7 percent in March compared with a year ago, boosted by record hybrid sales... Toyota has sold 61,635 hybrids in the United States, up 68 percent from the first three months of last year. That includes 28,453 hybrids last month."
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5589739

Gore issues climate-change challenge to engineers - San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0404
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5589723?nclick_check=1

French train breaks rail speed record, hitting 357.2 mph - AP at Mercury News, 2007.0403
http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_5583157

Green Plan for Pacifica Housing - San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0402
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5574913?nclick_check=1

Planet Saving Permission - The Sun, 2007.0402
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2005300000-2007150147,00.html

The Push for Energy Efficiency - Professional Roofing, 2007.0402
http://www.professionalroofing.net/article.aspx?A_ID=1047

Go 'Green' in Construction - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 2007.0402
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070402/OPINION02/704020315/1039/OPINION

'Sustainability,' 'Green' Becoming Key Words in Architectural Design -Des Moines Business Record, 2007.0331
http://www.businessrecord.com/Main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=9&ArticleID=3590

Beijing's Water Thirst Causes Neighbour Problems - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0330
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6519058,00.html

Plan for Big Offshore Wind Farm Passes Hurdle - Reuters, 2007.0330
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3026043720070330

... And the Greenie Goes To? - EDC, 2007.0329
http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Articles/Blog/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000078053

Government Official Faulted for Science Meddling - San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.0329
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070329-1421-interior-scientists.html

U.N.: Green Buildings Could Slow Global Warming - C|Net, 2007.0329
http://news.com.com/U.N.+Green+buildings+could+slow+global+warming/2100-11392_3-6171717.html

Richard Rogers Wins Pritzker Prize - Washington Post, 2007.0328
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032801426.html

Malaysia to Make Rainwater Collection Mandatory for Big Roofs - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0328
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/28/asia/AS-GEN-Malaysia-Harvesting-Rain.php

Sustainability CAD Strategies - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0328
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/tools_1-1.html

One in 10 at Risk from Rising Seas, Storms - Scientific American, 2007.0328
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=one-in-10-at-risk-from-ri&chanId=sa003

Casa Mauleen - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0328
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0328/design_1-1.html
On a beach near an abandoned mine on Chile's former "coal
coast," the Mauleen House merges historical industrial
connections with the raw beauty and energy of the
location. Concrete winch towers of the Schwager coal mine
dominate the neighborhood's horizon and influence details
of the house design.

On the Track of Carbon Dioxide - Nature, 2007.0328
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070326/full/070326-8.html

From Michigan, a Clean-Running Museum - New York Times, 2007.0328
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/arts/artsspecial/28grandrap.html?ref=travel

San Francisco Supervisors Ban Plastic Shopping Bags - San Jose Mercury News, 2007.0327
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_5535454

Beyond the Green House, an Eco-Garden - Bainbridge Island Review, 2007.0327
http://www.bainbridgereview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=96&cat=23&id=862842&more=

Smart-Growth Outline Covers 100 Years - Palm Beach Post, 2007.0326
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2007/03/26/a15a_markey_commentary_0326.html


This Week's Quiz -
We are all familiar with the term "spaciousness" as
describing a spatial quality. In designing a performance
space for classical music, this word also describes an
acoustic quality. Please define "spaciousness" as an
acoustic quality and explain how it relates to
spaciousness in the spatial sense.
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
When designing an unheated facility the anticipated
ambient temperature can influence your choice of lamp
types. What is the minimum start-up temperature for a
standard compact fluorescent?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/answer.html

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