Championing the
Changemakers

The U.S. team entered in the Green Building Challenge ’98 (GBC ’98), an international project to develop assessment methods for environmentally responsible buildings, is looking for buildings in the United States to assess for energy and environmental performance. Nominated projects must be elementary schools, medium to large office buildings,... Read more

The American Institute of Architects/Portland (AIA/Portland) now has entry packets available for the 1997 Architecture + Energy Awards: Building Excellence in the Northwest. Any new construction and renovation projects in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or Washington that are completed at the time of entry are eligible. Jurors for this fifth annual... Read more

by Bill Lawson. Published by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, P.O. Box 3373, Manuka, ACT 2603, Australia; +61-6-273-1548, +61-6-273-1953 (fax). 135 pages, paperback, AUS$39.95 +$10 for overseas shipping.

This environmental overview of building materials is—quite appropriately—... Read more

This fabric, called

Play it Again Sam, is woven from Fortrel® Ecospun™... Read more

Cross Creek Initiative (formerly Sus-tainable Development & Construction Initiative), 117 NW 16th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601; 352/371-3718, 352/378-6008 (fax). Approx. 150 pages, spiral-bound, $50.

Green Building Materials ’96 provided a forum for building material manufacturers and their... Read more

On January 1st, the Council of American Building Officials (CABO) approved steel framing for residential construction. The CABO listing provides prescriptive requirements for framing houses with light-gauge steel framing (span tables, etc.). Builders not in high-wind areas and high-risk seismic areas will no longer have to get steel framing... Read more

Environmentalists and other advocates of energy efficiency are justifiably nervous about a deregulated electric utility industry. Under the existing (regulated) system, we as a society have the right, at least in principle, to require that electric power providers act in our common interest. The free-market... Read more

by 1000 Friends of Oregon, 534 SW Third, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204; 503/497-1000; LUTRAQ@friends.org (e-mail). February 1997, 40-page booklet, $12.

In 1988, the public interest group 1000... Read more

The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is leading a boycott of old-growth redwood in an effort to secure protection of the nation’s remaining old-growth redwood forests. To launch the campaign, RAN, along with the Sierra Club and Greenpeace U.S.A., held a star-studded press conference in Los Angeles and ran a full-page... Read more

According to the February issue of

Planning, Governor Parris Glen-dening has proposed legislation for Maryland that would combat sprawl by providing economic incentives for businesses that move into abandoned industrial areas and paying for repair of existing roads and sewers instead of creating new ones. The measure would also... Read more

Applications are now available for the 1998 EnergyValue Housing Award, which recognizes the successful integration of energy efficiency into new home construction. The Award is administered by the NAHB Research Center, together with the National Association of Home Builders Energy Subcommittee,  Professional Builder... Read more

by Wenche Dramstad, James Olson, and Richard Forman. Harvard University Press and Island Press (Island Press, 1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009), 1996. Paperback, 80 pages, $17.95.

This little book is a real treat. With rare brevity, authors Dramstad, Olson, and Forman present key principles of landscape... Read more

A Call for Papers has been issued for the November 1997 conference

“Environmental and Economic Balance: The 21st Century Outlook” sponsored by The American Institute of Architect’s Committee on the Environment, other AIA professional interest areas (PIAs), and the U.S. Green Building Council. Call the PIA Information Line: 800/242-3837... Read more

by Tracy Mumma (1997). Center for Resourceful Building Technology (CRBT), P.O. Box 100, Missoula, MT 59806; 406/549-7678, www.montana.com/crbt. Paperback, 115 pages, $28 postpaid.

GREBE in... Read more

has introduced the “Build a Better Kitsap” program to recognize homes built to high environmental standards. Working with consultant Kathleen O’Brien, the Builders can select from a list of 85 options to achieve a one-, two-, or three-star rating. This is the second such program... Read more

The Alameda County Waste Management Authority in California has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the creation of a portable

Resourceful Building Showcase. The Showcase, to be displayed at conferences and trade shows, must be made with recycled-content, reused, recyclable, and nontoxic building materials.... Read more

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Vol. 2, No. 5, the company has been expanding, both in market share and vertical integration within their product area.... Read more

by Peter Yost and Eric Lund (1997).

NAHB Research Center, 400 Prince George’s Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD 20774; 301/249-4000, www.nahbrc.com. Paperback, 30 pages, free of charge.

EBN (

Vol. 6, No. 1).

I realize that space was limited, but I would like to point out that the Ridgehaven project was also a team effort. Below are the project team members who were instrumental in... Read more