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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1349 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:49 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2009.1103 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 Solar Decathlon is sponsored every two years by the U.S. Department of Energy. I'm especially intrigued and impressed with the great projects pulled off this time around: "In mid-October 2009, twenty teams of engineering and architecture students erected houses on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the Solar Decathlon green building contest. After spending two years designing and building cutting-edge solar houses, the teams - mostly from North America - sought the designation of "most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient" for their structures. "Each house showcases the best principles of sustainable design by incorporating its architectural and engineering aspects into a unified equation of efficiency. The idea of the contest, as Decathlon Director Richard King put it, is "looking at a house as a total system that's integrated with renewable energy... from the beginning, so that it all works together and the house becomes part living organism, part living system." "Each team was judged on ten elements - hence the "decathlon" - including architecture, engineering and market viability. They also tried to measure up on communications, lighting design, hot water systems, comfort (indoor temperature and humidity maintenance), appliances, and home entertainment. This year, the "net metering" contest evaluated entries on how much extra energy they could feed back into the electrical grid..." The ArchWeek cover photo itself is well worth a click: Solar Decathlon 2009, by Katherine Gustafson - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1028 http://www.architectureweek.com/2009/1028/index.html Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- The must-read solutions book - "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" by Al Gore - Climate Progress, 2009.1101 http://climateprogress.org/2009/11/01/al-gore-our-choice-a-plan-to-solve-the-climate-crisis-by-al-gore-solutions-book/ BPN Sustainability Award Winners Announced - Architecture & Design (Australia), 2009.1103 http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/article/BPN-Sustainability-Award-winners-announced/504293.aspx High Entropy? Moi? - World Changing (blog), 2009.1102 http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010700.html Portland Establishes Climate Action Plan - New York Sun, 2009.1102 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/portland-establishes-climate-action-plan/ Old Ships Exempt from New Pollution Rules - New York Times, 2009.1102 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/old-ships-exempt-from-new-pollution-rules/ Are Meetings in Barcelona and Copenhagen "Make or Break" for Climate? - New York Times, 2009.1102 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/are-meetings-in-barcelona-and-copenhagen-make-or-break-for-climate/ E.P.A. Lawyers Challenge "Cap and Trade" for Climate - New York Times, 2009.1102 http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/epa-lawyers-challenge-cap-and-trade-for-climate/ Green University: Saudi Arabia's KAUST with Eco-Friendly Environment - Clean Techies, 2009.1102 http://blog.cleantechies.com/2009/11/02/green-university-saudi-arabia-kaust-eco-friendly-environment/ The Complex Interactions of Fire and Environmental Sustainability. - NFPA Journal, 2009.1102 http://www.nfpa.org/publicJournalDetail.asp?categoryID=&itemID=45067&src=NFPAJournal&cookie_test=1 Texas A&M Professor Pliny Fisk Works to Build Better Environment - The Batallion, 2009.1102 http://media.www.thebatt.com/media/storage/paper657/news/2009/11/02/News/Texas.Am.Professor.Pliny.Fisk.Works.To.Build.Better.Environment-3819495.shtml California's Green Building Super Heroes - Mother Nature Network, 2009.1102 http://www.mnn.com/business/commercial-building/blogs/californiaa[euro](TM)s-green-building-super-heroes Brazil Mulls Major Climate Action - Nature, 2009.1102 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/462018a.html The Melting Snows of Kilimanjaro - Nature, 2009.1102 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1055.html Native American Culture Sowed Seeds of Its Own Collapse - Nature, 2009.1102 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1046.html Satellite Launches to Track the World's Water - Nature, 2009.1102 http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091102/full/news.2009.1054.html Debate Flares on Limits of Nature and Commerce in Parks - New York Sun, 2009.1101 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/science/earth/01reyes.html?ref=earth Solar Power from Sahara a Step Closer - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1101 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/solar-power-sahara-europe-desertec Architects' Headquarters Gets "Green" Seal of Approval - Richmond Times-Dispatch, 2009.1031 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/LEED01_20091031-175203/302859/ Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation - New York Sun, 2009.1030 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/report-argues-for-a-de-centralized-system-of-renewable-power-generation/ Design Green Awards Elevate Sustainable Architecture in California - Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1029 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/29/design-green-awards-elevate-sustainable-architecture-in-california/ Wrangle over How to Pay Greenhouse Gas Bill - Financial Times, 2009.1029 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/40de025e-c42c-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.html Connecticut Science Center by Pelli - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1028 http://www.archweek.com/2009/1028/design_1-1.html The Connecticut Science Center is a new architectural showpiece in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. The design expresses themes that have been part of Cesar Pelli's oeuvre for many years: the importance of public space and its role in the city. Climate Change Will Devastate Africa, Top UK Scientist Warns - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1028 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/28/africa-climate-change-sir-gordon-conway SeaShelter - Submersible Shelter Rides the Tides - Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1027 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/27/seashelter-submersible-shelter-rides-the-tides/ Obama Plans Big Smart Grid Announcement - Reuters, 2009.1026 http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE59P3EP20091026 Refining the Future - Nature Reports Climate Change, 2009.1022 http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0911/full/climate.2009.111.html -- * -- People and Places, by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/1028/news_1-1.html Ellerbe Becket and AECOM in Minneapolis, Minnesota - Herzog & de Meuron in Miami, Florida - Kohn Pedersen Fox in Seoul, South Korea - RTKL in Washington, D.C., USA - Tony Fretton Architects in Warsaw, Poland... ... short stories continue online: http://www.ArchWeek.com/2009/1028/news_1-1.html -- * -- Please help us build ArchitectureWeek with your support... 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