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The ghost of link dumps past	David Roberts	03 May 2008	Gristmill
So I was thinking to myself, self, you should do a link dump post so you can close out some of this cluttery crap in your browser. I go to start one, and what do I find? An old link dump post that I'd never published! So here's an old link dump. Watch for a new one in mere days! ----- Thanks to the UK Times Online for deeming Gristmill "the green blog from the other side of the pond." It's a shame this op-ed is relegated to the Billings Gazette. I'd li ...
Topics: coal, dumbassery, energy, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

Drawing on Experience Architect R.K. Stewart on building the future of sustainable design	Sarah van Schagen	25 Apr 2008	Grist Feature
If you build it, they will come. But if you build it green, you just may be able to save the planet. R.K. Stewart. Or so says a recent report, which suggests that green building could help cut North America's greenhouse-gas emissions more quickly and less expensively than any other measure. And word is getting out about the promise of this fast-growing field -- some have ev ...
Topics: art, climate, green building, interview, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

City of Angles If you're building in L.A., you gotta build green		23 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 9:36 AM on 23 Apr 2008 Los Angeles has become the biggest U.S. city to pass green-building laws. Under the regulations announced Tuesday, new commercial and residential structures of more than 50,000 square feet will have to be LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The law also applies to major renovations. "We look toward the future through a greener lens," says Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, "a ...
Topics: green building, Los Angeles, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Green buildings wise up Linking green buildings and the smart grid will spawn a green energy ecosystem	Patrick Mazza	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill
A new energy ecosystem is emerging that connects smart, green buildings with a smart, green grid to optimize energy flows. Since commercial and industrial buildings represent around 40 percent of U.S. energy use, and homes another 30 percent, this represents the most significant opportunity for energy efficiency and mass-scale renewable generation. But creating this new green energy ecosystem means linking what are today heavily 'stovepiped' separate systems within ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

The technologies needed to beat 450 ppm, Part 1 Examining the IPCC's 'portfolio of technologies'	Joseph Romm	10 Apr 2008	Gristmill
In 2007, the IPCC wrote [PDF] in its Working Group III summary (page 16): The range of stabilization levels assessed can be achieved by deployment of a portfolio of technologies that are currently available and those that are expected to be commercialised in coming decades. This assumes that appropriate and effective incentives are in place for development, acquisition, deployment and diffusion of technologies, and for addressing related barriers (high agreement, ...
Topics: agriculture, business, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, green building, IPCC (all these topics)

DiCaprio's new digs Leo's new condo full of green amenities, paparazzi	Sarah van Schagen	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Attention, paparazzi: It's Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour in his current New York abode. He's Departed (or will soon) for a new LEED-certified condo in Manhattan's Battery Park City neighborhood.DiCaprio's new digs are quite the eco-residence, featuring solar panels, a green roof, and units "decked out with locally obtained renewable materials and low- or nonpollutant paints, sealants, and adhesives." Of course, the place also features a 50-foot lap pool, ...
Topics: celebrity, energy, green building, green living, movies, New York, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Building green, one city at a time Eager municipalities hopping on board	Katharine Wroth	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill
In case you haven't noticed, it's officially the Year of Green Building. And while some areas have had eco-standards in place for a while now (helloooooo, D.C.!), the fevah is spreading in cities across the U.S. Take a gander at a few places considering formal green-building guidelines this spring: In a move described as a 'watershed time, a wonderful thing,' Chula Vista, Calif. voted yesterday to approve mandatory green-building standards for homes and business ...
Topics: green building, legislation, local politics, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics)

If It's Broke, Fix It EPA announces new lead standards for renovation of older buildings		31 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 31 Mar 2008 Contractors will have to train workers to follow "lead-safe work practice standards" when renovating or repairing older dwellings that house children or pregnant women, according to new standards introduced Monday by the U.S. EPA. The new requirements are an attempt to keep lead out of the bloodstreams of babes, as structures built before 1978 are likely to contain ...
Topics: green building, green living, health, news, placemaking, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Play Ball! Washington Nationals will play in first U.S. green-built stadium		28 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:00 PM on 28 Mar 2008 The Washington Nationals will play their baseball season opener Sunday in the first green-built professional stadium in the U.S. The LEED Silver certified ballpark was built on a restored brownfield, and many building materials were produced locally. The stadium boasts efficient lighting and plumbing, drought-resistant plants, a concession area with a green roof, filters to keep stormwat ...
Topics: green building, green living, news, placemaking, sports, Washington DC (all these topics)

Biloxi Clues A post-Katrina homebuilding project gives hope for weathering severe storms	Emily Gertz	20 Mar 2008	Grist Feature
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi on August 29, 2005, the storm's 125-mile-an-hour winds and 25-foot wall of seawater ground homes, boats, and businesses into matchsticks across the state's three coastal counties: Jackson, Hancock, and Harrison. The cities of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, roughly 20 miles east of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, were practical ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, green building, Mississippi, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, special series, urban planning (all these topics)

On the Ball: Good sports The athletics news you can't live without	Sarah K. Burkhalter	16 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Here's a fun game for the whole family: You name a sport; I'll tell you how it's jumping on the green bandwagon. Ready? OK! Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers first basement Prince Fielder has become a vegetarian after his wife gave him a copy of the book Skinny Bitch. He's probably not in their target demographic, but whatevs. Photo: Kingdafy Major League Baseball has teamed up with the Natural Resources Defense Council for a Team Greening Program, de ...
Topics: bikes, carbon neutral, cars, China, climate, energy, green building, Prius, sports, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

If you build it ... Green building may be quickest path to decreased emissions	Tia Ghose	14 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Reuters has the skinny on a new report on green building. The report concluded that building green would reduce greenhouse emissions more quickly than any other approach. According to the article: North America's buildings release more than 2,200 megatonnes, or about 35 percent of the continent's total, of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. If the construction market quickly adopted current and emerging energy-saving technologies, that number could be cut by 1,700 ...
Topics: climate, green building, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics)

Green building certified! Again! New certification planned by safety group	Katharine Wroth	07 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Maybe this all makes more sense to green builders than it does to me, but I see news today of plans to develop another new green-building certification, this one sponsored by the International Code Council. It seems like only yesterday three weeks ago that the National Association of Home Builders launched its own 'education, verification, and certification' program, and of course our pal LEED keeps chugging along. Oh wait, look what happens when you read the who ...
Topics: green building, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Grey's anatomy Victim of Seattle arsons reaffirms commitment to green building	David Roberts	05 Mar 2008	Gristmill
As Grist readers know -- and are furiously debating -- there were some arsons in Seattle on Monday which have been attributed to shadowy (perhaps mythical) activist group Earth Liberation Front. The following is a letter to Grist from the owner of one of the houses that was destroyed, Grey Lundberg of CMI Homes, Inc: I am writing you today in reference to your recent article "Know Thy ELF: 'Eco-Terrorism' Suspected in Seattle-area Arson." I am the ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, grassroots activism, green building, placemaking, politics, Seattle (all these topics)

Bruce Almighty An interview with green designer and TV personality John Bruce	Sarah van Schagen	29 Feb 2008	Grist Feature
John Bruce is living in a material world. But he's no cone-chested pop star -- he's a green designer. A green designer who, during the course of an hour-long conversation, speaks excitedly about various eco-building materials, professing his love for natural clay plaster and calling sunflower-seed-based particle board "super beautiful." He even credits his love of such materia ...
Topics: green building, green living, green products, interview, TV (all these topics)

Progressive energy policy in Bayou City? Carl Pope talks market failures with energy execs at Houston energy conference	Josh Dorner	28 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Today's second panel -- Carl's, on 'conservation and the environment' -- opened with remarks from Houston Mayor Bill White. Despite my earlier comments about the road-crazy Bayou City, Mayor White laid out some items from what appears to be a truly progressive energy agenda for Houston, including making it an international leader in green buildings. Some of his more interesting comments came when White told the story of being one of the staffers that helped ...
Topics: energy, placemaking, green building, Texas (all these topics)

The greenest neighborhood? Sustainable, carbon-neutral community built in Oregon	Joseph Romm	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Last week the Center for American Progress began a series called 'It's Easy Being Green,' meant to recognize the steps communities, individuals, and organizations are taking to transform our country's energy use. Last week's column featured a new kind of neighborhood: Pringle Creek Community in Salem, Ore., named the 2007 Green Land Development of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders, may be the greenest neighborhood in the country. It uses 35 sust ...
Topics: green building, Oregon, placemaking (all these topics)

Let buildings heat and cool themselves How to kill coal in 10 years	Jon Rynn	20 Feb 2008	Gristmill
We know that coal is the enemy of the human race, what with carbon emissions, deadly air pollution, and unsafe and destructive mining practices. The supply of coal is becoming more problematic as well: recently, a Wall Street Journal article described a 'coal-price surge,' and Richard Heinberg has warned that coal may peak much sooner than most people expect. So what's to like? Not much. But since coal-fired plants provide almost half of our electricity, we can't ge ...
Topics: coal, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green building, placemaking, renewable energy, urban planning (all these topics)

Not-so-dirty dancing NYC nightclub groovin' to a green tune	Sarah van Schagen	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Dirty dancing is so 2007. An NYC hot spot aiming for LEED certification could become the first eco-club in the U.S., W Magazine reports:Jon B., owner of Manhattan nightclubs Home and Guest House, plans to open Greenhouse -- the first eco club in the U.S. -- in time to make it New York Fashion Week's buzziest hot spot. In the three-story space on 10th Avenue, LED lights replace standard bulbs, the toilets are programmed to use less water, furniture is covered wi ...
Topics: green building, green living, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

LEED score and seven years ago Abe Lincoln's summer home goes green	Sarah van Schagen	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Does this building look LEED certified to you? Well, look again. This is part of Abe Lincoln's summer home complex near Washington, D.C., and after a seven-year restoration, it's the first-ever historic monument to receive the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The National Trust for Historic Preservation rehabilitated the historic building in a way that minimized adverse environmental ...
Topics: green building, placemaking, Washington DC (all these topics)

They Have Spooken New CIA campus goes green		30 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:09 PM on 30 Jan 2008 The CIA has apparently been green for years -- yet somehow, nobody managed to find out. But the secret-keepers' Chantilly, Va., campus was just outed as neerg gniog (that's code for "going green"). The new campus is LEED certified and features a green roof, preferred parking for carpoolers, energy-efficient equipment, waterless urinals, and more. We'd tell you more, but then we'd have to kill you. Or kidnap y ...
Topics: green building, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Wherefore Art Thou, Romeoville? Wal-Mart will open more-efficient stores		16 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 4:38 PM on 16 Jan 2008 Wal-Mart -- ah, always Wal-Mart -- has plans to open four stores that "will operate at a level that's 25 percent more efficient than a traditional Wal-Mart supercenter," according to a representative. The chain, which has a goal of someday having all of its 2,400 U.S. stores reach that level of efficiency, is using tricks it learned from experimental stores in Texas and Colorado. ...
Topics: business, green building, greening biz operations, greenish companies, news, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Please do disturb New certification in the works for green hotels	Katharine Wroth	11 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Saw a passing reference in a piece on travel trends about a new certification scheme for green hotels. Supposed to be developed in the next 90 days, says Joe McInerney, president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. AHLA's site, meanwhile, has a list of hot green hotel progress, ranging from Motel 6 using sensors to turn off heat and AC in unoccupied rooms to the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas pursuing LEED certification in part by building a monorail to the Bel ...
Topics: business, green building, green living, greenish companies, travel (all these topics)

If I Had Five Million Dollars Connecticut will require expensive structures to be built green		07 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 9:47 AM on 07 Jan 2008 Connecticut has introduced new green-building regulations -- that apply to public and private construction projects costing $5 million or more. And that, children, is what we call "playing to stereotype." From the Archives Vex and the Single Hull. South Korea to outlaw single-hulled oil tankers in 2011. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bow ...
Topics: Connecticut, green building, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Monstrosity or innovation? World's largest building approved in Moscow	Katharine Wroth	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Catching up on some late-December news (how dare the world keep spinning during vacation?): The city of Moscow approved plans for Crystal Island, a 27-million-square-foot complex designed by the fellow behind London's notorious Gherkin. Set to include 3,000 hotel rooms, 900 apartments, an international school for 500 students, theaters, offices, and stores, the gargantuan development is, said architect Norman Foster in a company press release, 'a paradigm of compact, ...
Topics: green building, placemaking, Russia, urban planning (all these topics)

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