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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1446 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:07 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2010.0120 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. At ArchitectureWeek, we think an expansive view of green building is intrinsic to the goals and promise of green building. Even though many green building strategies have solid economic payoffs, it's not just about economics: it's about a triple bottom line, encompassing economic health, environmental health, and social/cultural health. People, planet, purse. A narrow focus just on economic factors, for instance, runs the risk of leaving out, or "externalizing," environmental and socio-cultural factors. We've all learned that can lead to big problems. A powerful alternative to narrow focus is integrated or "systems thinking." In this approach, green builders consciously try to capture "externalities" and account for them thoughtfully in our plans. We learn from common sense, but we try not to get stuck by assumptions based on past practices. We learn equally from science. We seek out interconnections between superficially disparate systems, and work to break down the fences that separate various professional turfs. Common sense is usually a pretty healthy guide, and outrageous conclusions may, on average, be less likely to be true. But some outrageous conclusions are, in fact, true. And when they are, the difference can be important. Outrageous: The Earth orbits around the sun - even though you can just look up in the sky and see the Sun going around us every day. Outrageous: Burning of fossil fuels and destruction of forests by humankind has changed our whole planet's thermal energy balance enough to cause severe impacts - even though the incremental degree of change experienced locally is swamped day-to-day by weather. Outrageous: There's a substantial likelihood that anthropogenic climate change can trigger earthquakes and volcanoes. No way? Let's make the effort to find out. We can do better than jumping to a conclusion. Climate Change may Trigger Earthquakes and Volcanoes - New Scientist http://bit.ly/5NlZ3D Discuss online: http://www.architectureforum.com/topic-31655.html Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- Court Sides with Energy Department in Efficiency Dispute with LG Electronics - New York Times, 2010.0120 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/link.php?id=51381 Data Gaps and Errors May Have Masked Warming - Nature Climate Feedback, 2010.0119 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/link.php?id=51342 An Endangered Species: The Environmental Reporter - Climate Progress, 2010.0119 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/link.php?id=51335 Green Firms Balk at Coalition's Lobbying Effort - San Francisco Chronicle, 2010.0118 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/18/MNJP1BHODT.DTL City's Green Groundbreakers - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2010.0117 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/81906957.html Ski Property Faces Meltdown as Global Warming Chills the Market - Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0117 http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jan/17/global-warming-threat-britons-ski-property-alps Oregon Held to Account for Failing to Protect Coastal Waterways - Oregonian, 2010.0117 http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/01/oregon_held_to_account_for_fai.html Radon in Homes an Invisible Danger - ENN, 2010.0116 http://www.enn.com/energy/article/40929 Giant Trellises Will Be Grown on 18-Story Federal Office Building in Portland, Ore. - Los Angeles Times, 2010.0115 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-green-building,0,3194547.story A Super Sweet Green Building Project in Brooklyn - Mother Nature Network, 2010.0114 http://www.mnn.com/the-home/building-renovating/blogs/a-super-sweet-green-building-project-in-brooklyn For Architects This Decade, Building Efficiency Will Replace Grandiosity - Washington Post, 2010.0114 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/14/AR2010011405329.html -- * -- UMass Amherst & Hancock Shaker Village Collaborate on New Design Masters New Master of Science in Design with individualized area of knowledge in Historic Preservation: a collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Hancock Shaker Village. 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Click for details: http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?100113_UMass -- * -- Settlement Reached in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Lawsuit - Sive, Paget & Riesel PC (Blog), 2010.0114 http://blog.sprlaw.com/2010/01/settlement-reached-in-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-lawsuit/ Zinc Bromide: Mass Energy Storage for the Masses? - Green Energy News, 2010.0114 http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2010/20100004.html LivingHomes Announces National Availability of Ray Kappe's Green Prefabs - Inhabitat (blog), 2010.0114 http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/01/14/livinghomes-announces-national-availability-of-ray-kappes-green-prefabs/ White House Will Press Ahead with Climate Bill, U.S. Negotiator Tells Investors - New York Times, 2010.0114 http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/01/14/14greenwire-white-house-will-press-ahead-with-climate-bill-30041.html Investors Urge Governments to Take Immediate Action on Climate Change - Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0114 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/14/business-low-carbon-economy Sustainable and Affordable Housing - Press and Journal, 2010.0114 http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1550902/ Major Antarctic Glacier Is 'Past Its Tipping Point' - New Scientist, 2010.0113 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18383-major-antarctic-glacier-is-past-its-tipping-point.html Australian Architecture Awards - ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0113 http://www.archweek.com/2010/0113/news_2-1.html California Panel Considers Money from Climate Rules - New York Times, 2010.0113 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/science/earth/13emissions.html Not All Ski Slopes Are Environmentally Equal, Study Concludes - New York Times, 2010.0112 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/science/12slopes.html -- * -- WileyCPE.com Continuing Education Get the credits you need - on your schedule. With leading experts supplying the know-how, WileyCPE.com offers online professional continuing education subjects that you can access 24/7 to accelerate your learning. Courses in health, safety, welfare and sustainable design are all structured to advance your career. http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?100113_wiley.html -- * -- California Announces First Statewide Green Building Standards Code - State of California Press Release, 2010.0112 http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/14186 Which Green Products Work? Architect Says Yes to Marmoleum, No to Cork - USA Today, 2010.0112 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/01/what-green-products-worked-best-architect-gives-tips/1 The Year Sustainable Design Became Simply Design - Tree Hugger (Blog), 2010.0112 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/01/harry-wakefield-sustainability.php Architect's Urban Living Guide Doesn't Include Cars - Miami Herald, 2010.0112 http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/1419660.html Teaching Green, Beyond Recycling - New York Times, 2010.0111 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/nyregion/11green.html Future Planet - the Future of Cities - Australia.to, 2010.0110 http://australia.to/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=385:future-planet-the-future-of-cities-&catid=76:david-tow&Itemid=144 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind... for the UK - Green Energy News, 2010.0109 http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2010/20100002.html Chitra K. 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