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Confronting Water Shortages — Post-Greenbuild Travels in Southern Arizona

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:03:00 GMT

(click photos for larger versions)Greenbuild in Phoenix was the usual high-energy panoply of educational sessions, new product introductions in an ever-larger trade show, networking events, and — the reason our company sends so many of us &mdas... [More]

A Wider View of Social Justice

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:31:00 GMT

In October, we published an article on social justice and green building. We've gotten several responses, including a letter from Raphael Sperry of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (below). Sperry makes several good point...

Alex Wilson and Peter Yost Interviews

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:02:00 GMT

These shorts were filmed at West Coast Green; for more like them, see revision.tv.

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More on Passivhaus

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:34:00 GMT

As a follow-on to The Great Passivhaus Face-off, take a look at this commentary from a couple years ago in the wake of a visit to Passivhaus examples in Germany by a couple well-informed British authors and researchers — The Passive House: thou...

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings - MEEB Like This

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:28:00 GMT

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Overheard (live from Greenbuild)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:41:00 GMT

Two guys were walking down the hall. Professional-looking guys, architectorial. One of them said to the other, "It's called, um, energy... recovery ventilator." BAM! That's what it's about. Yeah, there's greenwash, there's cynicism, ther...

Plyboo's New Soy Adhesive (live from Greenbuild)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Dan Smith of Plyboo bumped into me and we took a walk over to the Smith & Fong booth. They rolled out a new soy-based adhesive just today... and unlike some things that call themselves soy-based, I'm comfortable saying that about this adhesive....

Top-10 Green Building Products (live from Greenbuild)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT

I normally post the Top-10 green building products list just as Alex is starting the presentation. And this year, I just totally spaced it out. BuildingGreen Announces 2009 Top-10 Green Building Products Phoenix, AZ, November 12, 2009 — B...

"The Perfect Conversation Piece" (live from Greenbuild)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT

You know my card went into that bowl. It's a Sloan Uppercut, and yes — the flush handle toggles the light. It would go great with my Christmas Story leg lamp.

LEEDuser Booth Talk/s (live from Greenbuild)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Despite my expo-only access, I haven't had a lot of time for product-crawling. Our booth is all about LEEDuser.com this year, fresh from its full launch. Throughout the Expo we've had guest experts from the LEEDuser team in to discuss spec...

The Plenary – Rick, Al, Sheryl, and the World (live from Greenbuild)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:14:00 GMT

When I found out about a week ago that I was going to Greenbuild after all — on an exhibitor registration — I didn't think Al Gore and Sheryl Crow were in the cards for me. I was prepared to accept that. Then folks at Cosentino North Amer...

Eight Essentially Random Photos From Around Greenbuild (live from Greenbuild)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:00 GMT

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Better Living With Chemicals (live from Greenbuild)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:58:00 GMT

I seem to be on the chemical redlist circuit this month. Last night at GreenBuild I attended Perkins + Will's panel-and-schmooze event to discuss their brand new precautionary list of 25 chemicals that P+W wants to see out of building products. Th...

Bonded Logic Factory Tour in Chandler, Arizona (live fom Greenbuild)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:21:00 GMT

I've gotta say, I love visiting factories, especially those that make products I've been writing about for years. I just toured Bonded Logic's Chandler, Arizona plant, 20 minutes outside of Phoenix, where each month the company converts 300 tons o... [More]

Electric Resistance Heat... Really? (live from Greenbuild)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:16:00 GMT

I'm really tired. Does low-voltage electric resistance heat actually make sense? Under the right circumstances, it seems like it might. I see the people from Step Warmfloor at Greenbuild every year, but I never talk to them — frankly, beca...