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Here we provide Web site links and other resources relating to articles in recent issues of Environmental Building News. For on-line articles from past issues of EBN, click on the linked volume headings below, or see the Back Issue Contents pages.
Volume 10, No. 9 - September 2001
Feature Article
- Sustainability and Building Codes
- Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT), including results of a Building Codes survey
- Building Officials Code Officials International (BOCA), producers of the National Building Code
- International Code Council (ICC), developers of nationally coordinated construction codes
- International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), producers of the Uniform Building Code
- Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI), producers of the Standard Building Code
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), fire safety information provider
What's Happening
- Bush Orders Lower Standby Power Consumption
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Standby Power Home Page
- Newsbriefs
-
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources study on salvaging mobile homes
The Home Builders Association of Metro Denver developed a Built Green Communities rating program
The NGO Fern identifies Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as the only credible forest certification program
Product News & Reviews
- Wausau�s Terrazzo Tile Made from Recycled Glass
- For more information: Rodney Dombrowski Wausau Tile
- View a summary of the report on glass concrete research
- An Even Better Exit Sign
- LightPanel Technologies, LLC manufactures the Light-Emitting Capacitor (LEC) based signs
- Lighting Research Center
- FlexWrap Introduced for Door and Window Flashing
- Flashing is made of Dupont Tyvek
From the Library
- LEED Reference Guide
- Available from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in paperback or PDF file
Volume 10, No. 7/8 - July/August 2001
Feature Article
- Plastics in Construction: Performance and Affordability at What Cost?
- Accurate Dorwin,manufacturers of non-PVC doors and windows.
- Carnegie Fabrics, manufacturers of 100% polyethylene wall coverings
- "Ecofiles of Plastics and Related Intermediates," by I. Boustead (1999), Association of Plastic Manufacturers in Europe (APME)
- American Plastics Council
- Cargil Dow LLC, manufacturers of polylactide (PLA), a bio-plastic
- Chemecol, LLC, developers of metalocene polyolefin-based products
- Polymer Science Learning Center at the University of Southern Missippi
What's Happening
- Size Does Matter
- Community Office for Resource Efficiency, a Western Colorado nonprofit working with utilities and governments to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency
- Federal Tax-Credit BIlls Compete
- Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc., for information on the Smith-Feinstein and Cunningham-Markey bills
- www.senate.gov, for links to text of other Senate bills
- www.house.gov, for links tho other House bills
- CCA-Treated Wood Under Fire
- Consumer Products Safety Commission, regulatory agency for playground building materials
- Healthy Building Network, advocacy group petitioning to ban CCA-treated wood in playgrounds
- PlayNation Play Systems, Inc., a major manufacturer of playground equipment
- American Wood Preserbers Institute, defender of CCA-treated wood
- New York's Pataki Signs Landmark Executive Order
- NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)
- New Report on Pollutant Emissions in New Houses
- CHMC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.), report highlights available online
- Newsbriefs
- DCAT (Development Center for Appropriate Technology), conducted survey on barriers to green building
- Awards and Competitions
Product News & Reviews
- Penstar's Innovative Masonry Wall System
- Penstar Corporation, manufacturers of the patented Concrete Form Masonry Unit (CFMU)
- Reel Mowers for Real People
- EPA Office of Transportation, information about Nonroad Spark-Ignition Engines
- Clean Air Gardening, catalog sellers of reel mowers
From the Library
- Greening Federal Facilities, na Energy, Environmental, and Economic Resource Guide for Federal Facility Managers and Designers
- Order in paperback (200 pages)
- Download free PDF file
Feature Article
- Mold in Buildings: What It Is and How to Keep It Out
- "Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments," New York City Department of Health, November 2000.
- "Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings," U.S. EPA, March 2001
- EEBA's website, from which you can order Joseph Lstiburek's Builder's Guide: Mixed-Humid Climates, 2000 .
- "Molds, Toxic Molds, and Indoor Air Quality," Pamela J. Davis, California Research Bureau, California State Library, March 2001.
What's Happening
- Light Pollution Mitigation for Vermont Prison
- Stellafane, the organization whose opposition to light pollution prompted the mitigation plan
- The Breathe Easy Office
- The American Lung Association of Virginia's Breatheasy office website
- Barrel Burning: Missing Dioxin Link
- Technical report by the U.S. EPA available as a summary or full report
- Newsbriefs
- Determine your own carbon dioxide footprint
- National Academies' National Research Council report on climate change, June 6, 2001
Product News & Reviews
- Solera Transparent Insulation
- Advanced Glazings Ltd., manufacturers of Solera
- Big Transitions for AAC
- Recycled Content Certified in Collins Particleboard
From the Library
- EcoHomes: The Environmental Rating for Homes
Feature Article
- Buildings and the Environment: The Numbers
- Wilderness Information Network -- Federal wilderness statistics
- Nature Conservancy -- Private land protection statistics
- U.S. Departmant of Housing and Urban Development -- Brownfield statistics
- U.S. EPA Office of Wastewater Management -- Sewage overflow statistics
- American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy -- Energy efficiency statistics
- The AIA's Top Tem Green Projects for 2001
- Project details from the American Institute of Architects
What's Happening
- Paints and Ozone (sulfurous emmissions from painted drywall)
- Building Science, Corp., which investigated the problem
- EPA (New England) Smog Information
- The additive in question, from Rohm and Haas Company
- Knott Announces Huge Urban Redevelopment (downtown revitalization in North Charleston, South Carolina)
- Noisette Co., project developers
- Newsbriefs
- NOAA site on increasing droughts
- Download Energy Plus, the U.S. DOE's new energy simulation software
- EPA Energy Star, which has consolitated its logo system
- PacifiCorp, which is creating a novel energy conservation program
- SprawlWatch
- The American Institute of Architects, which is encouraging the U.S. government to pursue energy efficiency
Product News & Reviews
- Tech Block--The New ICF on the Block
- Ozone-Safe Roof Insulation Update
- Atlas Roofing Corporation, makers of ozone-safe foam roof insulation
What's Happening
- Tembec to Certify Timberlands
- Greyfield Malls: Redevelopment Opportunity
- LEED™ Product Coordination Pursued
- Newsbriefs
- Executive Order mandating sustainability measures for all Maryland government operations
- The Life Cycle Initiative, a joint project of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Society of Environmental Toxicology
- Report on foreign oil dependence, available at the U.S. Department of Energy website
- New information on global warming, available at the NOAA website
- Awards & Competitions
- Details on the award-winning Locoshop Angus industrial redevelopment project, available at the Aedifica site
- Projects winning Northeast Green Building Awards
- U.S. DOE and EPA 2001 Awards Winners
Product News & Reviews
- Compressed-Straw Wall and Ceiling Panels from Affordable Building Systems
From the Library
- Daylighting: New Life for Buried Streams
- Available free in PDF format at the Rocky Mountain Institute website
Feature Article: Building Integrated Photovoltaics
- PV Energy Systems, publishers of PV News
- Kiss + Cathcart, Architects, a firm that has been involved in high-profile BIPV projects
- Solar Design Associates, Inc., specializing in BIPV design for over 20 years
- Solar Electric Power Association, the leading association advancing the use of PVs
- Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Designs for Commercial and Institutional Structures: A Sourcebook for Architects, an excellent resource available online
What's Happening
- California's New Energy Standards
- Protecting Wetlands Just Got Harder
- Newsbriefs
- Wavegen, operator of the world's first wave-power plant
- Capital E, founded to provide intelligence on the distributed generation industry
Product News & Reviews
- Osmose to Produce ACQ Preservative
From the Library
- EEBA Builder's Guides
Volume 10, No. 2 - Febrauary 2001
Feature Article
What's Happening
- Industry-wide Takeback Program for Carpet
- Portland Goes for the Green
- Austin Promotes Smart Growth
- Newsbriefs
- City CarShare in SanFrancisco
- The USDA National Resources Inventory
- Forest Stewardship Council, where Maharaj Muthoo is the new Executive Director
- The 2001 George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development
- Awards & Competitions
- Winner of ASHRAE's Technology Award
- The National Conference on Building Commissioning's Benner Award, which is accepting nominations
- AIA Top Ten (previously Earth Day Top Ten), which is accepting submissions
Product News and Reviews
- "Recycled-content" EPS Insulation from Polar Industries
- Temple Inland's Green Drywall
- Product Brief
- Amazon Environmental, Inc, producers of recycled latex paint
From the Library
- Sustainable Architecture White Papers
Volume 10, No. 1 - January 2001
Feature Article
- Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
- US-Citizens Aviation Watch
- Rutgers Noise Control Technical Assistance Center
- Gordon Hempton: The Sound Tracker
- National Council of Acoustical Consultants
- The Acoustical Society of America
- "It's a Matter of Balance: New Understanding of Open Plan Acoustics"
What's Happening
- International News for Sustainable Buildings 2000
- Newsbriefs
- Awards & Competitions
Product News and Reviews
From the Library