Environmental Building News
Volume 6, Number 1 — January 1997

Feature

Material Selection: Tools, Resources, and Techniques for Choosing Green

Perspective

EBN Goes Monthly!, Weblinks, and Corrections

What's Happening

Army Corps Tightens Wetlands Protection
Veterans’ Green Building Program Lowers Mortgage Rates
Sydney’s Olympic Village Goes Solar...

Newsbrief

...and Greenpeace Campaigns Against Use of PVC

Brief

EMF report from National Academy of Sciences
J.D. Ned Nisson Leaving EDU
Protecting Barns for Owls
George Brewster--New Job at California Center for Land Recycling
Greening of UN Regional Office NA

Awards & Competitions

Building Innovation for Homeownership Award
QBC Design Competition

Projects

The Ridgehaven Building: Lean and Green for a Municipal Office Building

Product News & Reviews

Halogen Torchieres: Not a Bright Idea
A Green Release Agent for Concrete Forms

From the Library

Environmental Resource Guide
Australian Building Material Ecological Sustainability Index
The Green Guide to Specification
Green Building Digest
1996 Good Wood Directory
Residential Windows

Calendar

Calendar of Events