Sep 6, 08
Loan Payday
California's innovative energy efficiency loans are a model worth copying. A request: if you a) have anything to do with city or county government, and b) have any interest in, or authority over, property taxes, finance, or energy efficiency, please...
Can Green Designs Solve A Housing Crisis?
The walls of Elmer Bear Eagle's house are covered in mold. The black intrusion began in the basement. It crept up the sides. Now it blocks sunlight through the windows. The problem is fairly common throughout the Pine Ridge...
BIMstorm: Honing Bureaucracy, Giving Urbanism an Edge
by Justus Stewart As the recent discussions in the blogosphere attest – Andrew Rivken and Joseph Fromm in two prominent examples – we are at an interesting hurdle for climate action. Post-tipping point, we are in the exciting phase...
The Greening of Greensburg
Last May, an EF 5 tornado hit western Kansas. In Greensburg, the storm leveled every building, picked up cars and tossed them into rooftops, demolished the streets, left more than two-thirds of the town’s population homeless and killed 11...
Book Review -- Spacecraft: Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts
Spacecraft: Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts, edited by Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss Publisher Die Gestalten Verlag says: Spacecraft presents projects that meet the changing spatial needs of our modern lifestyles and that are simultaneously expanding our current understanding of architecture...
Jellyfish House
The Jellyfish House, a recent project by San Francisco's IwamotoScott Architecture, has been "modeled on the idea that, like the sea creature, it coexists with its environment." As such, the entirety of the Jellyfish House is designed to operate "as...
The Space of No(w)here – tackling homelessness
According to Unicef there are an estimated 750,000 people living on the street in the United States and a further 3,000,000 in Europe Tackling the issue of how to address urban homelessness has been a constant thorn in the side...
Space: Japanese Design Solutions for Compact Living
by Michael Freeman (Universe, 2004) Combating the idea that small spaces impose limitations and curb possibilities for interior design, Space presents a compelling argument that, in fact, tiny living quarters invite tremendous creativity, largely through the use of flexible and...
The American Society of Landscape Architects
While a professional organization with broad interests, the ASLA has increasingly moved to the forefront of the discussion about the role of landscape design and construction in building more sustainable communities. Indeed, hitting their website or listening to some...
Flex Your Power
The Flex Your Power website is one-stop-shopping for energy efficiency. It's meant for Californians, but it's a powerful resource. On it, you'll find: How to buy the most efficient washer and dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator, furnace, air conditioner, and hot...
Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time
by David Johnston and Kim Master (New Society Publishers, 2004) If you want to bore down into the underlying principles of green building and really know that you're making the right choices in your remodel, Johnston and Master's book is...
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