Feature
Design for the Birds: Protecting Birds from the Hazards of Glass
Windows claim the lives of hundreds of millions of birds each year in the U.S., posing a greater threat to the avian population than cat predation, pesticides, or oil spills. The threat can be avoided, however, and the design community holds the key.
What's Happening
Scottish Sustainable Design Accreditation Based on Achievement
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has launched the world’s first evidence-based accreditation program for green building practitioners.
AIA Launches Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program
AIA’s Center for Communities by Design is helping communities create more positive ties among humans, the environment, and place. The first project, in Cache Valley, Utah, is now underway, and others are getting started.
Then & Now
Sulfur Lighting No Longer on Track
EBN revisits sulfur lighting, which has all but disappeared since its promising introduction more than a decade ago.
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Awards & Competitions
RAIC Announces 2005 Awards of Excellence
Green design was well represented in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s biannual Awards of Excellence.
Product Review
Simulated Carpet Samples Save Resources
Tricycle’s “digital tufting” technology produces realistic images of carpeting that replace real samples early in the design process. Each image saves nearly a quart of oil and more than two gallons of water, according to Tricycle.
Product News
Solarwall Now Also Available as InSpire
ATAS International is now manufacturing the Solarwall unglazed, transpired solar collector for Conserval Engineering -- and selling the product itself as InSpire.
From the Library
Porous Pavements
Including theory, design strategies, and case studies, Bruce Ferguson’s new book is the first comprehensive resource on porous pavement.
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