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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1349 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:36 am    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2009.0915 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. Cap and trade is a serious approach to directing climate change mitigation in open markets. Cap and trade is considered to be more politically acceptable than a carbon tax - and more adaptable to the transition plans of legacy industries - while a simple carbon tax is much more straightforward. Cap and trade is also more readily applicable to large regulated industries, and relatively hard to apply to widely distributed sources... like buildings! Now, France has stepped up with a real carbon tax plan, designed to be a supplement to the European Union cap-and-trade system already in operation. The new carbon tax is designed to apply in key areas missed by EU cap and trade. Nature wrote: France is set to become the first major European economy to implement a carbon tax -- a levy on activities that emit substantial amounts of carbon dioxide. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, announced on 10 September that the tax would come into effect at the start of 2010. The tax draws largely on recommendations made on 28 July by an expert panel commissioned by the government, and chaired by the former Socialist prime minister, Michel Rocard. Nature discussed the tax with Jean Jouzel, a member of the Rocard panel, former director of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute in the Paris area, and a member of the bureau of the International Panel on Climate Change. Nature: The French carbon tax will be levied at a rate of 17 euros (US$25) per tonne of CO2 -- the current market price. Is that enough to change people's carbon-emitting habits? Jouzel: What's most important is that a carbon tax of some sort is going to be introduced. Starting at 32 euros per tonne, as our report recommended, would have been more courageous. The economists on the panel considered that 40 euros was the minimum for the carbon tax to be effective in changing consumer behaviour, so 32 euros was itself already a compromise... France Unveils Carbon Tax - Nature, 2009.0911 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090911/full/news.2009.905.html Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- The California Academy of Sciences... Sustainable Exhibition Design - Fast Company, 2009.0915 http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/california-academy-sciences-delivers-sustainable-message-sustainable- Fuel Efficiency Plan Would Force Gradual Changes on Automakers - Reuters, 2009.0915 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58E5WM20090915 EPA to Propose Ways to Cut Car Emissions - USA Today, 2009.0914 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/environment/2009-09-14-jackson_N.htm A Cheap Fix for Climate: Retrofitting - New York Times, 2009.0914 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/energy-environment/14green.html Aria and Vdara Hotels Earn LEED Gold - PR Newswire, 2009.0914 http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11124037 New York City Braces for Risk of Higher Seas - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0911 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125261934441101047.html Green House in Georgia - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0909 http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/0909/index.html In the American South, a region that tends to laud its heritage, modern can be a hard sell. A residential client often hears neighborhood fears that a new modern dwelling will look "chilly" and won't fit in. People Power - Nature, 2009.0908 http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0908/full/climate.2009.75.html Woman's Straw Bale House Withstands the Bluster of Critics - WBFO, 2009.0909 http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1552252/Arts..and..Culture/Woman's.Straw.Bale.House.Withstands.the.Bluster.of.Critics. Homeless Shelter Receives LEED Certification - Loudon Times-Mirror, 2009.0908 http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2009/sep/08/homeless-shelter-takes-leed-energy-efficiency/ A Turning Point for Green-Energy Stimulus Projects? - NPR, 2009.0908 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112536897 Green Buildings Standard Seen as Flawed - San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0908 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/08/BU1A19K7LM.DTL&type=business Florida State University's "Green" House Is Energy Efficient, Environmentally Friendly - St. Petersburg Times, 2009.0908 http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/florida-state-universitys-green-house-is-energy-efficient-environmentally/1034383 Bechtel to Build Solar Energy Plant in California - New York Times, 2009.0908 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/bechtel-to-build-solar-energy-plant-in-california/ Panels of Light Fascinate Designers - New York Times, 2009.0907 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/technology/07bulb.html Schools Going Green Big-Time - Baltimore Sun, 2009.0907 http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-md.gr.greenschool07sep07,0,5804340.story France Mulls CO2 Taxes on Citizens - New York Times, 2009.0907 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/france-mulls-co2-taxes-on-citizens/ St. Louis School Embraces Eco-Friendly Design - News-Leader, 2009.0906 http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090906/NEWS01/909060355/St.+Louis+school+embraces+eco-friendly+design Investors Working to 'Green' Houses - Arizona Republic, 2009.0906 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2009/09/06/20090906biz-greenhomes0906.html Climate Change: Melting Ice Will Trigger Wave of Natural Disasters - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0906 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/06/global-warming-natural-disasters-conference Germany's First Eco-City - Sun Daily, 2009.0905 http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=37577 What's a Green Roof? - Examiner, 2009.0904 http://www.examiner.com/x-13636-Backyard-Living-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Whats-a-green-roof LEED Seeks to Beef Up Its Credentials - New York Times, 2009.0904 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/leed-seeks-to-beef-up-its-credentials/ Eco Pods Create Level 5 Social Housing - Green Building Press, 2009.0904 http://www.greenbuildingpress.co.uk/article.php?category_id=1&article_id=325 How Green Building Can Save the Housing Industry - Green Right Now, 2009.0904 http://www.greenrightnow.com/kabc/2009/09/04/how-green-building-can-save-the-housing-industry/ Out of the Woods: Hopkins' Green Learning Machine - BD, 2009.0904 http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=428&storycode=3147893&channel=783&c=2&encCode=0000000001a1131a Green Roofs "Fluff" for Many Architects - A&D, 2009.0904 http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/Green-roofs-fluff-for-many-architects/497069.aspx Labels, Consumers and Efficient TVs - New York Times, 2009.0903 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/labels-consumers-and-efficient-tvs/ Solar Power, - piece of junk - Converge to Distribute Water in Kenya - New York Times, 2009.0903 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/solar-power-mobile-phones-converge-to-distribute-water-in-kenya/ Lawsuit Filed to Block Pipeline Project - New York Times, 2009.0903 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/lawsuit-filed-to-block-pipeline-project/ Global Warming Could Forestall Ice Age - New York Times, 2009.0903 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/science/earth/04arctic.html A Skeptic Finds Faith in Geoengineering - New York Times, 2009.0903 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/a-skeptic-finds-faith/ Emissions Linked to End of 2,000-Year Arctic Trend - Washington Post, 2009.0903 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090302199.html Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project - New York Times, 2009.0902 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/business/energy-environment/03alta.html Former Power Plant to Save Power as LEED School - CSE Live, 2009.0902 http://www.csemag.com/article/339256-Former_power_plant_to_save_power_as_LEED_school.php?rssid=20192 People and Places by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0909/news_2-1.html Frank Harmon Architect PA in Wilmington, North Carolina - Steven Holl Architects and JM Architects in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - Leo A Daly in Washington, D.C., USA - RTKL in Batumi, Georgia - Aleks Istanbullu Architects in West Hollywood, California... -- * -- Please help us build ArchitectureWeek with your support... 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