http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm BuildingGreen.com LIVE en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:01:40 GMT BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss live@buildinggreen.com live@buildinggreen.com http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/5/BuildingGreen-Bulletin-Conserving-Beyond-Design-mdash-September-IEBNI Twice each month, BuildingGreen publishes an email news bulletin with current news and product information briefs. Sign up here — it's free. We will never share or sell your email address, and you may unsubscribe at any time. Read the curren... The Industry Behind the Scenes Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:50:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/5/BuildingGreen-Bulletin-Conserving-Beyond-Design-mdash-September-IEBNI http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/2/Lies-Damn-Lies-and-Are-LEED-Buildings-iLessi-Efficient-Than-Regular-Buildings Maverick NYC mechanical systems designer Henry Gifford has long been a critic of LEED, arguing that it encourages the wrong things, and doesn't go far enough to ensure that certified buildings really save energy or provide good air quality. I have gr... [More] The Industry LEED Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:04:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/2/Lies-Damn-Lies-and-Are-LEED-Buildings-iLessi-Efficient-Than-Regular-Buildings http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/2/Hurricane-Disney-Stormstruck-in-Orlando I was down in Orlando last week — land of asphalt, ChemLawns, and Mickey Mouse. As is typical in that part of the world, it was too hot outside and too cold inside. In one of the mammoth Disney hotels, I was participating for two days in the ... [More] Op-Ed Science & Tech Books & Media Nature & Nurture Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:28:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/9/2/Hurricane-Disney-Stormstruck-in-Orlando http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/28/Green-Plumbers "Water shortages are expected to become more and more common in the coming decades. A 2003 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office reported that 36 states are likely to experience water shortages by 2013." "Water use in and aro... [More] The Industry Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/28/Green-Plumbers http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/28/Carbon-Emissions-are-Now-Legal-Liabilities Greg Kats of the venture capital firm Good Energies has argued for a while now that a company's carbon emissions can have a material impact on its financial performance, and by failing to disclose that risk the company may be liable to shareholder ... The Industry Politics Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:19:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/28/Carbon-Emissions-are-Now-Legal-Liabilities http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/27/Wind-energy-in-the-Times A wind turbine ad on the New York Times homepage! Sure, Web ads are relatively cheap, but it still looks like a sign that alternative energy is hitting the big time. And the day after this ad ran, the Times ran a page 1 story (in print as well ... Books & Media Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:05:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/27/Wind-energy-in-the-Times http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/26/Toilet-paper-bisphenol-A-wastewater-recycled As a key component in polycarbonate plastics such as those used for reusable water bottles, baby bottles, canned-food liners, and some building materials, bisphenol-A (BPA) has become the new chemical to fear. Despite that, I had to track down a... [More] Nature & Nurture Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:03:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/26/Toilet-paper-bisphenol-A-wastewater-recycled http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/25/Learning-From-Ancient-Fertilizer-Factories Talk about appropriate technology. They cooperate with nature on all levels — the design, the materials, the function... and gorgeous to look at besides. How would we build something like this today? This is very sexy stuff, even if it's all ab... Miscellania Nature & Nurture Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:37:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/25/Learning-From-Ancient-Fertilizer-Factories http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/24/Medievel-Nanotechnology Finding an energy-efficient air purifier technology that actually works can be a tricky proposition. Most purifiers use ionizers that generate ozone or have HEPA and carbon filters that require inefficient fans that run constantly. Oh sure, you cou... Product Talk Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:41:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/24/Medievel-Nanotechnology http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/21/Teardowns-and-McMansions Across the nation a teardown epidemic is wiping out historic neighborhoods one house at a time. As older homes are demolished and replaced with dramatically larger, out-of-scale new structures, the historic character of the existing neighborhood is c... [More] The Industry Nature & Nurture Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:37:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/21/Teardowns-and-McMansions http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/21/Planet-Earth-goes-online This press release just came through; sounds like it will be a pretty great resource. It's not up yet though — check it out in a few days. The Natural Environment Research Council — the UK's leading organisation that funds research int... [More] Books & Media Nature & Nurture Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:23:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/21/Planet-Earth-goes-online http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/19/LEED-2009-is-an-action-hero--and-open-for-public-comment The U.S. Green Building Council has announced that LEED 2009 is open for a second public comment period, from now until September 2, 2008. LEED 2009, according to USGBC's update, is "a new version of the rating system that delivers against key e... [More] LEED Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:33:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/19/LEED-2009-is-an-action-hero--and-open-for-public-comment http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/15/Headlines-from-the-year-2020 Here's a fun exercise that a group of architects, designers, and others completed today as part of the Designing for a Living World symposium that I'm attending, hosted by Interface at Shelburne Farms in Vermont. It's a little thing I call... "Head... [More] Op-Ed Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:26:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/15/Headlines-from-the-year-2020 http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/14/Wishful-Magical-Thinking-on-Products-and-LEEDs-Materials-Credits In my years as chair of LEED's Materials & Resources Technical Advisory Group (MR-TAG) I've gotten lots of questions and comments about interesting interpretations and claims from product manufacturers. Most manufacturers are sincere in their e... [More] LEED Product Talk Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:58:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/14/Wishful-Magical-Thinking-on-Products-and-LEEDs-Materials-Credits http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/12/Heating-with-magazines BuildingGreen recently cleared out about 75 shelf-feet of periodicals -- Architecture and PanelWorld and Ecological Restoration and Mold and Moisture Management and lots more. The recycling area outside the office was getting overcrowded with them ... [More] Miscellania Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:32:00 GMT http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2008/8/12/Heating-with-magazines