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Environmental Building News
Volume 11, Number 6 — June 2002

Feature

Electric Lighting: Focus on Lamp Technologies

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Today's dominant lighting technologies are either woefully inefficient or reliant on the toxic heavy metal mercury, but significant improvements are occurring all the time. This article provides background on electric lighting technologies, reviews the most important recent advances, and looks at where lighting is headed.

Letters

More on Sun, Wind and Light
A companion Web site to this recently reviewed book provides climate data that improves the book's usefulness.

More FSC-Accredited Certifiers
The Silva Forest Foundation of Canada actively certifies timberland in North America.

What's Happening

Supreme Court Rules on Takings

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In an unexpected move, the Supreme Court has struck a significant blow to property-rights supporters.

LEED Streamlining Effort Under Way
An update to the LEED Rating System will simplify the application process.

LA Adopts Some LEED Standards
Oregon Voters Support Law Restricting Sprawl
New Hampshire Regulates CO2 from Power Plants
Nation’s Largest Solar Roof Dedicated in Dublin, CA
Over 50% of U.S. Population Lives with Unhealthy Ozone Pollution
Designers and Educators Want More Green Design
Carnegie Mellon offers MS in Sustainable Design
U.S. Energy Consumption Declined 1.8% in 2001
U.S. Consumes Record High Levels of Imported Petroleum
Battery Park City’s Environmental Guidelines
DuPont Creates the Antron Sustainability Advisory Council
Lubbock, TX Creates Low Income Homes Using ICFs

 

Awards & Competitions

Civic Trust Award--Jubilee Campus
Loftness and Hofu Wu Become FAIA

Product Review

FSC-Certified OSB, Plywood, Hardwood Lumber, and Utility Poles from Louisiana

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A Louisiana company with 482,000 acres of FSC-certified timberland is the first in the nation to offer FSC-certified oriented strand board and treated utility poles. It is one of only two companies nationally producing certified softwood plywood.

From the Library

Ecology of Building Materials
by Bjorn Berge, translated by Filip Henley

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