by the City of New York Department of Design and Construction, in collaboration with the Trust for Public Space, April 1999. Order from City Store by calling 212/669-8246. Available (in August) online at:

www.ci.nyc.ny.us/buildnyc/. Spiral-bound, 144 pages, $25.

High Performance Building Guidelines is... Read more

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AIA/Portland’s 1999 Architecture + Energy Awards, sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, recently recognized four buildings.

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On July 3, 1999 the City of San Francisco became one of the nation’s first municipalities to have a green building ordinance on the books for City-owned projects. The additions to the San Francisco Municipal Code, known as the Resource Efficient Building Ordinance, consists of two... Read more

Worldwide sales of

compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are increasing. According to the World Resources Institute report

Vital Signs, CFL sales increased 24% during 1997—to 356 million. CFL sales are increasing 3% to 5% per year, though they still only represent 1⁄28 the sales volume of incandescent lamps. However, due to the... Read more

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On June 21, U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson announced a goal of meeting 5% of the nation’s electricity needs with

wind energy by 2020. The target calls for 5,000 MW of wind power capacity to be installed by 2005, and 10,000 MW to be installed by 2010. “Wind energy has been the fastest growing source of energy in the world during... Read more

by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfeld, 1999.

The Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention,

PO Box 1330, Concord, MA 01742;

www.ecological-engineering.com.

Softcover, 234 pages, $29.95

The Composting Toilet System Book set out to accomplish a very challenging task: to present in an... Read more

Two new reports on common plasticizers used in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products offer very different conclusions about the safety of these chemicals. A panel of scientists and physicians convened by the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) and led by former U.S. Surgeon General C.... Read more

To the best of our knowledge, this product is no longer available.

On March 1,

Jamison Ervin left her position as coordinator of the U.S. Initiative of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Jamie began work with FSC in 1992, even before the association was formally founded, and she helped to shepherd FSC through this complex formative process. Jamie plans to complete a doctorate in natural resource... Read more

Those of us who were promoting solar in the late ’70s just knew that by the turn of the century solar would be a standard component of building design and a significant fraction of our national energy mix. The solar water heating industry would be burgeoning. Vast arrays of concentrating collectors in the desert Southwest would be generating... Read more

Photovoltaic manufacturer

Kyocera International has acquired

Golden Genesis Company (previously Photocomm), creating the world’s largest PV manufacturer/system provider. Total annual sales will exceed $1 billion. Kyocera is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

residential construction program, abruptly discontinued in 1997 (see

EBN

Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 5), is now back. The previous program was terminated after PGE was purchased by energy giant Enron. Enron’s influence, however, may be a positive factor in that the program is no longer limited to... Read more

by Fred A. Stitt. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999. Hardcover, 465 pages, $79.95

’s pending purchase of the Canadian forest products company

MacMillan Bloedel (MB), announced on June 21, has raised concerns among environmentalists that the company may not honor MB’s plan to phase out clearcutting of old-growth coastal Douglas fir trees in British Columbia (see

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Vol. 7, No. 7). The... Read more

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

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

A

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

Agriboard Industries, L.C., producer of stressed-skin panels with a compressed straw core and OSB skins (see

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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

EBN delayed writing about this new product until we could show actual installations and interview... Read more