News Analysis
Back in July 1993 we wrote about the commendable forest management practices of Anderson-Tully Company (ATCO), a large privately owned producer of hardwood lumber from forests in the lower Mississippi Valley (see
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Vol. 2, No. 4). In October 2000 the company completed a six-month-long... Read more
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by J. William Thompson and Kim Sorvig. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2000. Paperback, 350 pages, $45.
Those of us who have been promoting a stronger “sustainability agenda” within the landscape architecture profession have been anxiously awaiting this book.Sustainable Landscape Construction provides, in one place, a thorough reference... Read more
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Collins Pine Company, based in Chester, California, has just harvested the two billionth board foot (4.7 million m3) of timber from its 94,000-acre (38,000 ha) Collins Almanor Forest. Harvesting activities in their northern Sierra forest began in 1941 when the company had approximately 1.5 billion board feet (3.5 million m3) of standing... Read more
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Natural Home magazine’s first competition is an 800 ft2 (75 m2) home in the Arcadia cohousing community in Carrboro, North Carolina. The attached unit, including a host of environmental features, was built by architect Giles Blunden. In keeping with the tendency to recognize the value of modest size, one of the runners-up... Read more
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The American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment has announced a juried design competition for the
2001 Earth Day Top Ten green building awards. (In past years the Committee has used a less formal process to select projects for this recognition.) Entries will be reviewed for architectural... Read more
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The allure of a building material made from blue jeans is undeniable. One of the new cotton insulation products we field-tested attracted attention even at its 6:45 a.m. delivery here at the
EBN office. Peering into the blue bundles of batts, passersby peppered us with questions: what is this stuff, how does... Read more
Op-Ed
I disagree with the reported remark concerning the mechanical engineering community and education in building design (“What the U.S. design profession really lacks is creative mechanical engineers!” in
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Vol. 9, No. 7/8, p. 8). Yes, a mechanical engineer from one of the many... Read more
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A well-intentioned lead-based paint disposal rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has inadvertently caused confusion and concern in the building materials recycling and salvage industries, but the situation is improving. EPA intended to facilitate lead abatement by... Read more
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Researchers at the University of Florida have demonstrated that existing stack-scrubbing technology can be applied to wood-burning boilers to remove and render insoluble volatilized heavy metals from the
incineration of CCA-treated wood (see
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Vol. 6, No. 3 for background discussion). Bubbling stack exhaust through... Read more
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Vol. 7, No. 10). The company now pays the freight (within the lower 48) on trailer loads—30,000 ft2 (2,800 m2) or more—of approved tiles, has streamlined the process of recycling, and gives great guidance on job-site practices for efficient... Read more
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, who has served ably as executive director of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) for 12 years, has announced his resignation. Larry plans to leave the association following the ASES Annual meeting in April 2001. He does not have definite plans for the future.
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of green buildings from the U.S. and Europe, will be traveling from its New York City origin to several other locations over the next year. The exhibit was organized by the Architectural League of New York and curated by Peter Buchanan. Details may be found online at www.archleague.org. At press... Read more
Product Review
Looking a bit like an oversized computer tower, the Model 330 Capstone MicroTurbine™ is paving the way for cost-effective cogeneration in commercial and industrial buildings. While state-of-the-art power plants can achieve a conversion rate for source energy to electricity as high as... Read more
Op-Ed
Your publication is at the very top of my periodical reading list. I am concerned, however, about the article regarding HID vs. T-5 fluorescent lighting (July/August 2000). While I’m totally in agreement with the concept, it appears to me that the 1st Source lighting analysis may be flawed. It is very risky to... Read more
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trademark symbol Lists
IAQ-Rated Products
A new Web-based product registry from Air Quality Sciences, Inc. (AQS) offers product manufacturers an opportunity to promote products that meet widely referenced indoor air quality (IAQ) guidelines. While the number of building materials listed currently is small, it is... Read more
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The
City of Portland, Oregon has hired two well-known experts, architect Greg Acker and green building consultant Michael O’Brien, to provide services to the design and construction community as part of its Green Building Initiative. The City’s programs are expected to become available in late fall of 2000. For details,... Read more
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we can be doing. We’re committed to greening the building industry, but how are we doing... Read more
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The
Permaculture Credit Union, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opened this summer. The Credit Union will operate on the ethics of permaculture: care of the earth, care of people, and reinvestment of surplus. Membership in this credit union will be limited to those persons who have completed a Permaculture Institute-recognized... Read more
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84 Lumber has just joined the ranks of Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Menard’s as the largest home improvement retailers to commit to some type of certified lumber policy (stores rank in total U.S. sales: Home Depot–#1, Lowe’s–#2, Menard’s–#3, and 84 Lumber–#6). The details and level of specificity of each store’s policy and plan vary—84... Read more
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, the largest electric utility in Texas, has entered into a “sell all, buy all” wind power contract with FPL Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Florida Power and Light, a $6 billion national provider of electricity-related services (15% of FPL’s energy portfolio comes from wind power, with 85% coming from renewables or natural gas). FPL... Read more


