Free BuildingGreen Email News Bulletin The mission of BuildingGreen, LLC is to facilitate transformation of the North American building industry. We urge you to join us in that mission by becoming a member of BuildingGreen Suite to get access to information critical to your green design and construction work. BuildingGreen.com LIVE Getting professionals in your firm LEED accredited Do we want to clean up another country's scrap tire problem? Video: violent wind turbine collapse Featured Events Living Future 08 April 16 - 18, 2008 Vancouver, BC  Canada Two and half days of dialogue to address climate change and the path to Living Buildings and Living Communities. Early registration deadline is March 10. International Ecocity World Summit April 22-26, 2008 San Francisco, CA The summit will focus on key actions that cities and citizens can take to rebuild our habitats (cities) to be in balance with living systems and in the process slow down and even reverse global warming and the effects thereof. The Energy Fair June 20-22, 2008 Custer, WI Midwest Renewable Energy Association's Energy Fair offers opportunities to learn about renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability. Events Calendar March 11-13, 2008 Boston, MA NESEA's BuildingEnergy08 Conference and Trade Show March 28-30, 2008 Portland, OR Better Living Show March 28, 2008 Cambridge, MA Mass Impact: Cities and Climate Change View all events	March 2008 The March issue of Environmental Building News is now available online. Quote of the Month "You won't see cheap PV modules in the near term." — Steven Strong, Solar Design Associates, Harvard, Massachusetts Read More... This Month's Feature Story Is Nano a No-No? Nanotechnology Advances into Buildings This article requires membership to view. Nanotechnology takes advantage of the novel properties that particles can exhibit at a billionth of a meter in size. Those properties are being used in building materials, where they can improve thermal performance and the effectiveness of photovoltaics, among many possibilities. The field has little regulation, however, despite significant health and environmental concerns. Read more... Free News This Month BuildingGreen Partners with Taunton Press PV Prices Rising, Following Years of Reductions Members-Only News This Month What is membership in BuildingGreen Suite? BIM Companies Acquiring Energy Modeling Capabilities NAHB Launches National Green Building Program Wal-Mart Introduces Second Generation of High-Efficiency Stores Study Finds Elevated PCB Levels in Homes USGBC Doubles Research Funding This Month's Primer Shedding Light on Light Quality Two terms commonly used to refer to light sources-color temperature and color rendering index-tell us about the quality of light, but can at times be counter-intuitive. Lights with a low color temperature, for example, actually feel "warmer" on the color spectrum. Read More... Product Review PureWood: Chemical-Free Preserved Wood PureWood is a thermally modified wood decking that achieves decay resistance and dimensional stability through a process that exposes the wood to very high temperatures and steam, rather than chemicals. Although totally natural, it is energy-intensive to produce. Case Study Highlight Sokol Blosser Winery Barrel Aging Cellar The Sokol Blosser Winery's gentle slopes face south and east to capture the earliest rays of the sun.   Because Sokol Blosser looks at their vineyard as a small ecosystem, they farm the land organically and seek biodiversity at all levels, from microbes in the soil and insects in the wildflowers to native birds, which control the insect populations. See more case studies from the High-Performance Buildings Database