Links Related to Recent Articles
Here we provide links to Web sites relating to articles in recent issues of Environmental Building News. Starting with Volume 7, those links are also printed directly in the newsletter. For on-line articles from past issues of EBN, click on the linked volume headings below, or see the Back Issue Contents pages.
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This issue's feature article is Wood Products Certification: A Progress Report. In it we document the progress and evolution of the Forest Stewardship Council. We feature links to the two main American certification organizations, Smart Wood and Scientific Certification Systems
Products reviewed in this issue include:
- Firsthand experiences from our office and from Brown University with the brand new torchieres that use compact fluorescent lamps instead of halogen lamps. Products we tested were supplied by Emess Lighting, Inc., and Energy Federation, Inc.
News stories in this issue include
- New energy performance standards for air conditioners (details available from ACEEE)
- A progressive new insulation fact sheet from the Department of Energy.
Also featured is a review of two books from John and Lynn Marie Bower's Healthy House Institute.
The feature article in this issue discusses Proper disposal of fluorescent lamps and ballasts, with links to Philips Lighting and the US EPA .
Products reviewed in this issue include:
- a new invention from US Building Technology for insulating over steel framing.
News stories in this issue include
- Maytag's new Neptune washing machine
- Revised indoor air quality standards from ASHRAE.
- Funding for the US Green Building Council's LEED building rating system.
Also featured is a review of the Cohousing Journal., now published by The Cohousing Network.
The feature article in this issue is on Water Conservation, with lots of water-saving fixtures and technologies. Companies with products featured include Energy Technology Laboratories, and Kohler.
Products reviewed in this issue are:
- the first commercial available hardwood plywood from certified wood, using wood from Collins Pine; and
- the amazing GFX system from Vaughn Manufacturing that recovers heat from shower water as it goes down the drain.
Among the news stories in this issue is a report on William McDonough's new Institute for Sustainable Design.
Our feature article on siding options referenced the government's 7th Annual Report on Carcinogens.
News stories in this issue cover the international community's failure to product mahogany, with a link to the Good Wood Alliance for details; and the Clinton Administration's commitment to the Million Roofs Program,which aims to get photovoltaics integrated into one million U.S. buildings. Among our handful of newsbriefs is the renaming of the North Carolina Alternative Energy Corporation, now called Advanced Energy. We also report on the mothballing of Owens Cornings remarkable vacuum panel insulation, which we reviewed in Vol. 4, No.1. For now, AURA is no longer available.
From our library, we review the E Source Technology Atlas Series, and the West Coast Architectural Resource Guide from Architects, Designers, and Planner for Social Responsibility.
Companies featured in our article on carpet recycling were:
Find out about the new leadership at the President's Council on Sustainable Development. There is also a pilot building deconstruction program at Fort Ord, California. Check out the Fort Ord Reuse Authority Web site for more details.
Proceedings from the Forest Products Society conference:The Use of Recycled Wood and Paper in Building Applications are among our reviews.
- For our news story on the long-awaited new refrigerator energy standards, you can follow up with one of our main sources--the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
- Sources on Electric Utility deregulation include: Public Citizen, The National Association of State Energy Officials, Natural Resources Defense Council.
- Web sites for companies making horizontal-access washing machines: Amana, Frigidaire, Maytag, AEG-Germany (North American Distributor), Creda, Inc. (U.K), and Miele.
- Other sites to follow up with include the Rainforest Action Network, the Pacific Lumber Company and the U.S. team of the international Green Building Challenge 2000 (if you have designed a commercial green building, please check out this site to see if it qualifies for the Challenge!).
- International Design Resource Awards.
- The fascinating Center for Regenerative Studies is on-line here.
- ACEEE, The American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy. (BTW, they publish EBN editor Alex Wilson's Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings)
- NAHB Research Center, creators of the Residential Construction Waste Management guide
- The Center for Resourceful Building Technology, creators of the excellent GREBE.
- Information about the International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structure (RILEM) can be found here.
- The ground-breaking Dewees Island has much available here
- For the most comprehensive guide we know of to improving the energy efficiency of cooling systems in commercial buildings, contact E Source, Inc.
- The Army Corps of Engineers has a very large amount of interesting information available on the web. Go here to find wetlands protection materials.
- Church Street Publishing.
- Two useful articles on dangerous halogen torchieres are available on the web. Here is an article from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Center for Building Science. And here is information from the Florida Solar Energy Center.
- Chris Granda and Ecos Consulting are also on e-mail with halogen assistance.
- The Good Wood Alliance is here to help you build green.
- ASHRAE standard 62-1989R will take you to information on ventilation standards.
- The RealGoods site is here.
- Solstice's site will fill you in on Greening of the White House
- This link will take you to Global Environmental Options, home of Interior Concern's design directory site.
- This link will take you to the Sustainable Technology Center.
- Here is an easy link to the
Greenclips archive on Solstice, and to the
same archive in gopher form on Econet.