Green Wednesday 2008.1022

[Kevin]

Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,

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

Is someone still saying that greening the economy and growing jobs are contradictory?

"California’s energy-efficiency policies created nearly 1.5 million jobs from 1977 to 2007, while eliminating fewer than 25,000, according to a study to be released Monday.

"The study, conducted by David Roland-Holst, an economist at the Center for Energy, Resources and Economic Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley, found that while the state’s policies lowered employee compensation in the electric power industry by an estimated $1.6 billion over that period, it improved compensation in the state over all by $44.6 billion.

"Built into that figure were increases of $1.2 billion in the light industrial sector, $11.2 billion in wholesale and retail trade, $7.3 billion in the financial and insurance sectors and $17.8 billion in the service sector.

"'Consumers were able to reduce energy spending,' the study said, adding that 'these savings were diverted to other demand.'

"'When consumers shift one dollar of demand from electricity to groceries,' the report said, they create jobs among retailers, wholesalers, food processors and other businesses."

Green Policies in California Generated Jobs, Study Finds - New York Times, 2008.1020
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/business/20green.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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The Mini E: Driving without Emissions - Due Motori, 2008.1022
http://www.duemotori.com/news/eco_cars/31146_A_new_experience_-_Driving_pleasure_without_emissions_The_Mini_E.php

China Report Warns of Greenhouse Gas Leap - Reuters, 2008.1022
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE49L0Z920081022

The World's Greenest Museum - Plenty, 2008.1021
http://www.plentymag.com/features/2008/10/california_academy_of_sciences.php

New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States - OneWorld.net, 2008.1021
http://us.oneworld.net/article/358081-wind-solar-and-geothermal-the-new-energy-economy-us

New School Sustainability: Majors Making a Difference - World Changing (blog), 2008.1020
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008703.html

Just Don't Call Him an Envirofreak - The Globe and Mail, 2008.1020
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081020.whomes20/BNStory/Science/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

Eco-Friendly Schools Offer Students Fresh Lessons - USA Today, 2008.1020
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-19-green-schools_N.htm

Five Great Green TED Talks - Christian Science Monitor, 2008.1020
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/10/20/five-great-green-ted-talks/

Healthy Lawns Vs. Clean Water? - New York Times, 2008.1019
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/nyregion/westchester/19lawnwe.html

What's Really Wrong with the Price of Oil - New York Times, 2008.1019
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/magazine/19oil-t.html?hp

Wrapped in Green - Financial Times, 2008.1018
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84c062ea-9b1b-11dd-a653-000077b07658.html

Energy Efficiency Target for Housing - Belfast Telegraph, 2008.1018
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environment/energy-efficiency-target-for-housing-14007501.html

England's Greenest and Most Pleasant New Town Is on Its Way - Telegraph, 2008.1018
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2008/10/18/psherford118.xml

Prince Charles Takes on the Green Machine - The Globe and Mail, 2008.1017
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081017.MAYS17/TPStory/Environment

Sustainable Revolution - Press Democrat, 2008.1017
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081017/LIFESTYLE05/810160260?Title=Wright_s_Taliesin_showcases_green_style_

EU Set to Backtrack on Emissions - BBC News, 2008.1016
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7673411.stm

Dockside Green - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1015
http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/1015/environment_1-1.html
Although the last two decades have seen Vancouver,
Canada, grab more attention for its forest of tall,
slender, glassy condominium towers, the city's smaller
neighbor, Victoria, is making some waves of its own.
The comparatively sleepy British Columbia capital, with
a population of just under 80,000, is home to one of
the most ambitious sustainable development projects
ever undertaken in Canada.

Stirling Prize for Accordia Housing - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1015
http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/1015/news_1-1.html
Pairing sensitively designed housing with generous open
space, the architects of Accordia have created an
enduring residential development in Cambridge, United
Kingdom, that embodies the inherent sustainability of
livable communities.

Rich Countries to Keep Up Climate Funds - Reuters, 2008.1014
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE49D8PP20081014

Scientists Solve Climate Science Puzzle - UPI, 2008.1014
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/10/14/Scientists_solve_climate_science_puzzle/UPI-34321224009536/

USGBC Pushes LEED 2009 One Step Closer to Implementation - Facilities Net, 2008.1014
http://www.facilitiesnet.com/news/article.asp?id=9946

San Jose Sets Green Standards for New Buildings - Greener Buildings, 2008.1013
http://greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/10/13/san-jose-sets-green-standards-new-buildings

Low-Rise D.C. Skyline under Pressure to Look Upward - Seattle Times, 2008.1012
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008257394_dcsky12.html
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Siemens Updates Free Solid Edge 2D Drafting - TenLinks, 2008.1016
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Cadence Design Replaces Top Bosses - Wall Street Journal, 2008.1016
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Ten Essential Linux Office Apps - ZDNet, 2008.1016
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HP Announces New Line of Large-Format Printing Solutions - Hewlett Packard Press Release, 2008.1015
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Canon Introduces New Large Format Printer - Canon Press Release, 2008.1015
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