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The e-mail discussion group on green building, cosponsored by
EBN, Iris Communications, and CREST, has been going strong since September 1996. The number of participants has been surprisingly stable at just over 500, including subscribers to the digest version, which compiles all the day’s posts into one long... Read more
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A June 30, 1999 workshop on green building marked the last in a long series of measures taken by the City of Long Beach, California to fulfill its part of an agreement with environmentalists over a dispute about use of tropical wood. This process began when environmental activists threatened... Read more
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Texas bill on electric utility restructuring, signed into law by Governor George W. Bush on June 18, mandates the development of renewable electric power generation. The law requires a total of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of new power production from renewables by 2009, with incremental levels specified by 2003, 2005, and 2007.... Read more
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Newsbriefs The Smithsonian Institution has opened an outdoor exhibit showing offthe technology, science, and art of solar power. The... Read more
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Agriboard Industries, L.C., producer of stressed-skin panels with a compressed straw core and OSB skins (see
EBN
Vol. 4, No. 3 and
Vol. 7, No. 4), has ceased production and closed its offices due to financial difficulties. The company had been expecting $8.5 million in additional financing from the... Read more
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Updated E Build Library™ CD Helps Track Down Green Building Products An updated and expanded version 3.0 of the popular E Build Library CD-... Read moreProduct Review
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On April 6, the Canadian government announced that it is extending its
Commercial Buildings Incentive Program (CBIP) to multi-unit residential buildings. This program offers owners or developers a one-time incentive payment equal to two years’ projected energy savings for buildings that exceed the Model National Energy Code... Read more
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The
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced yet another grant that may be of interest to
EBN readers who work in New York State. This time, $500,000 is available in awards of up to $200,000 for projects that develop, evaluate, demonstrate, or introduce green technologies for residential,... Read more
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On June 10, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Fannie Mae, the nation’s largest source of financing for home mortgages, announced a partnership to develop and test a menu of mortgage products based on “green building” criteria. Fannie Mae is providing $100 million for... Read more
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The Green Development Services arm of the Rocky Mountain Institute received a
National Award for Sustainability from Renew America and the President’s Council on Sustainable Development at the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America in Detroit, Michigan in early May. The award announcement cites the organization’s far-reaching... Read more
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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
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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.
Product Review
Source: Isobord Enterprises
Isobord Enterprises, Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based company with a sales office in Portland, Oregon, has dramatically increased the availability of straw particleboard in North America. Like the WheatBoard™ product made... Read moreNews Brief
Semiannual magazine edited by Lynne Elizabeth. New Village/ADPSR, 2000 Center Street, Suite 120, Berkeley, CA 94704. Annual (2-issue) subscription is $15 for individuals, $24 for institutions.
An outgrowth of the disarmament movement of the 1970s, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility has been a diffuse... Read more
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In a merger approved at a combined board meeting on June 4, the
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) was folded into the Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP). REPP Executive Director Roby Roberts will run the combined organization. The two entities complement each other well, as REPP develops high-quality... Read more
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Atmospheric Alliance and the
Energy Outreach Center, both of Olympia, Washington, have joined forces. Paul Horton and Rhys Roth are co-directors of the new (as yet unnamed) organization. Call 360/352-1763 or e-mail atmosphere@olywa.net or eoc@olywa.net for additional details.



