Michael Totten, a Senior Researcher at the World Resources Institute and

EBN Advisory Board member, has received the

1999 Lewis Mumford Award for Environment from Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR). Totten was honored for his work in pioneering the use of digital tools for... Read more

Santa Monica has become the first city in the U.S. to be powered by green power. Through California’s competitive electricity market, the city decided to purchase power exclusively from geothermal sources.

Bonneville Power has contracted with Northwest Power Systems to purchase 110 residential fuel cells. The first ten 3 kW prototype proton-exchange membrane (PEM) units should be delivered this fall. After testing and refinement, NPS will deliver another 100 units. Commercial production is expected in 2002, according to the Fuel Cell Technology... Read more

The night sky over New Mexico should soon be darker. Governor Gary E. Johnson signed the Night Sky Protection Act into law on April 6, 1999. The purpose of the law is “to regulate outdoor night lighting fixtures to preserve and enhance the state’s dark sky while promoting safety, conserving energy, and preserving... Read more

The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (COTE) continued an annual tradition by releasing, on Earth Day, a list of ten architectural design solutions that have a lasting and positive impact on the built and unbuilt environment. Selections were made by COTE’s executive committee based on... Read more

Several environmental projects are featured in

Architecture magazine’s April 1999 awards issue. One of the projects receiving a citation in the

46th Annual P/A Awards was a Hay Barn and Stable in Somis, California by the Los Angeles firm SPF:a, constructed of a light steel frame with hay bales around... Read more

King County Commission for Market-ing Recyclable Materials, 400 Yesler Way, Rm. 200, Seattle, WA 98104; 206/296-3740, 206/296-4366 (fax). EnCompass Web site address:

www.metrokc.gov/market/encompass

Georgia Tech has announced a new Continuing Education Certificate Series of courses for the summer of 1999 on

Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure. The series includes:

•a 1-day Primer on June 21;

•a 2-day course on June 22-23 on Assessment Tools and Techniques;

•a 2-day course on June 24-25 on... Read more

On April 9, New York State Governor George Pataki proposed legislation offering income tax credits for the construction or renovation of green buildings ranging from 5% to 8% of the cost of construction or renovation, with additional incentives for the use of photovoltaics and fuel cells. This... Read more

Building green costs too much.” “I’d like to include green features, but the budget just isn’t high enough.” “Green building is just for wealthy clients.” All too often we hear these claims. And, indeed, a lot of elements of environmentally responsible building

do cost more—at least in the short term. But many of the design and... Read more

Buy Recycled Business Alliance, a Partnership of the National Recycling Coalition, Inc., 1727 King St., Ste. 105, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703/683-9025, 703/683-9026 (fax).

The Buy Recycled Business Alliance has compiled approximately 20 project profiles of commercial and institutional facilities that have made... Read more

Collins and Aikman Floorcoverings may not get as much publicity for its sustainability initiatives as rival Interface, Inc., but C&A continues to demonstrate their commitment—most recently with the “

Sustainability Laboratory.” The Sustainability Lab is a forum of leading thinkers and activists from various fields, assembled to... Read more

In the wake of increasing scientific evidence that the dangers outweigh any possible benefits of ozone generators for home use, Health Canada has issued a public warning against such use. The April 13, 1999 announcement cites the adverse health effects associated with exposure to ozone,... Read more

In April 1999 Interface released Solenium, a revolutionary new floorcovering product that was originally slated for release last fall (see EBN Vol. 7, No. 8). Interface calls the product a “resilient textile flooring,” bridging the divide between carpet and resilient flooring. As... Read more

Worldwatch Paper 144, by Gary Gardner and Payal Sampat, December 1998. Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202/452-1992;

www.worldwatch.org (Web site). Paperback, 60 pages, single copy $5 plus $4 shipping in North America.

The Worldwatch Institute is well known for its pithy, factual, and well... Read more

The

Coastal Living Awards program from

Coastal Living magazine recognizes the preservation and enhancement of environmental and cultural resources along the U.S. shorelines with awards in six different categories. The winners for 1999 are:

Responsible Development/Community:

Dewees Island, South Carolina (see... Read more