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The International Specular Reflector Association has broadened its scope and changed its name to the
Energy Efficient Lighting Association. According to David Brown, president of the two-year-old organization, “ISRA goals have been achieved—reflectors are now recognized as an effective tool to help achieve energy-efficient... Read more
Product Review
EBN
Vol. 5, No. 5), has just introduced a line of fans combined with compact fluorescent lights.
The new WhisperLite series of 70-, 90-, and 110-cfm (33, 42, and 52 l/s) are... Read more
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Earth and Straw:
by Bruce King, P.E.
1996, Ecological Design Press, Sausalito, California (distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing Company, White River Junction, Vermont). Paperback, 170 pages, $25.
No definitive research has yet determined the cause of the oddball humor that invariably accompanies straw... Read moreNews Analysis
The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) developed in the U.K. is now available in Canada. BREEAM is a voluntary rating system that assesses the energy and environmental performance of commercial buildings. The program has been available since 1993 in the U.K. and since... Read more
News Analysis
CORRECTIONS for the “Resources on Environmental Impacts of Materials” table on page 11 of our last issue:
The Green Guide to Specification is published by:GTI Specialist Publishers
6 Hithercroft Court
Lupton Road
Wallingford, OXON OX10 9BT, U.K.
+44 1 4091 826401 (fax)
And we... Read moreNews Brief
Sustainable Building:
by David Anink, Cheil Boonstra, and John Mak.
1996, James & James (Science Publishers) Limited.
Paperback, 175 pages, $40.
With their National Green Plan, the Dutch have long been leaders in their environmental thinking, and this book shows that the same applies to their... Read more
News Brief
The
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is now working on promoting the use of environmentally sustainable practices, products, and technologies in building systems within the U.N. Among other initiatives, a pilot demonstration project involving the greening of UNEP’s Regional Office for North America is now underway. A... Read more
Case Study
Lean and Green for a Municipal Office Building
Many commercial buildings that have received attention over the past few years for environmental features are beautiful, high-end corporate buildings, or attractive demonstration buildings for utility companies or environmental organizations. The Ridgehaven Building... Read more
Product Review
Some 500 million tons (450 million tonnes) of concrete are used each year in the United States. Most of that is poured into forms or molds, which are removed to expose the hardened concrete. To help get the forms off, they are usually coated with a petroleum-based form-release agent. Light-bodied, low-... Read more
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A scientific panel convened by the
National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, reports that after surveying hundreds of studies, it found no clear and convincing evidence that exposure in the home to electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) causes any human disease. The panel determined that research... Read more
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In the Old World, humans and animals have been adapting to each other for a long time, so it should come as no surprise that the owl habitat protected by new local regulations in Britain is of human construction. According to the Autumn 1996 issue of
Building for a Future, the North Cornwall and Derbyshire Dales District Councils now... Read more
Op-Ed
With this first issue of 1997 we’re excited to announce a number of changes that will, we hope, provide you with more of what you like in
EBN, and in a more accessible format. Most important, you will now receive
EBN ten times each year instead of six. That’s right, we’ll be publishing monthly, except for... Read more
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by John Carmody, Stephen Selkowitz, and Lisa Heschong.
W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1996. Softcover, 214 pages, $22.
Simply put, this is one of the best books on energy to come out in recent years. The authors have done a superb job of clearly and accurately describing the complex developments in window... Read more
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Not a Bright Idea
Halogen torchieres, those highly popular, low-cost, dimmable, standing light fixtures that provide brilliant uplighting, have turned out to be one of the worst lighting products available. First introduced in the 1980s but only gaining widespread use in the past few years, these 300- to 600-... Read moreNews Brief
Submission deadline for the 1997
Quality Building Conference Design Competition is February 15, 1997. Prizes will be awarded to projects that incorporate cost-effective energy and resource conservation systems into their buildings. A range of categories will be judged, including both built and unbuilt projects. Awards will be presented... Read more
News Brief
Among the recipients of the first
Building Innovation in Home-ownership Awards was the Super-Insulated Straw Bale Affordable Housing Project of Tucson, Arizona. Project organizers receiving the award included Judy Knox and Matts Mhyrmann of Out On Bale, (un)Ltd., David Eisenberg of the Development Center for... Read more
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