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Applications due: Apr 01, 2005
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of technologies which will reduce energy consumption, reduce environmental impacts and enhance economic competitiveness of the domestic glass industry. The research is to address the topics listed below, derived from research priorities identified by the glass industry in the Glass Industry Technology Roadmap, (http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/glass/pdfs/glass2002roadmap.pdf). Potential benefits of the research must be realized in manufacturing processes, not in end-use applications. Proposals for pure glass product development research will not be considered.
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Brewery Block 4 is one of five blocks redeveloped as part of an effort to revitalize the old Blitz-Weinhard Brewery District in downtown Portland. The Brewery Blocks successfully incorporate historically significant buildings -- brewery relics such as two 4,500-gallon grain towers -- and new construction to form an environment that is reminiscent of the area's industrial past yet promising of a sustainable, progressive future.
The building provides market-rate, Class-A commercial office space while boasting 23.5% electrical energy savings over ASHRAE 90.1 per year. Block 4 demonstrates the benefits of coupling sustainable design and construction with district planning in an effort to create a more symbiotic relationship between the built and natural environments. [Source: GreenerBuilding.com]
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Argonne Child Development Center is San Francisco's first solar-powered school. Since Argonne shares its site with San Francisco's largest community garden, neighbor and community participation were essential to the design of the project. The new school building incorporates the surrounding gardens and play areas to stretch the concept of a classroom. [Source: GreenerBuildings.com]
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Being a prisoner of its geography as an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands rely almost completely on the Indian mainland for all food supplies, medicines and items of daily use. Located in Port Blair, the capital city of the Islands, the Welcomgroup Bay Island (WGBI) hotel is owned and operated by ITC-Welcomgroup.
The WGBI hotel has created a new “green model” to operate in an eco-responsible manner and to create an eco-tourism model for the island. This model can eventually be replicated, with regional nuances, by the Welcomgroup chain and the entire industry.
The WGBI’s new green model for hotel operations concentrates on its 4-R’s strategy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rethink systems, procedures and policies for the hotel. The hotel addresses the issues by adopting internal and external strategies. [Source: GreenerBuildings.com]
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It's hard to know where to begin with this incredibly informative, content-rich Web site on energy efficiency. FYP features a wealth of tools and resources for building managers (residential, commercial, and industrial), as well as school and government administrators. Produced by and for Californians, there is also plenty of information on energy efficiency in agriculture.
Each section -- residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and agriculture -- features product guides, case studies, listings of related classes and services, and information on qualifying for energy-efficiency grants.
Packed with energy-saving tips and tools, Flex Your Power is a comprehensive clearinghouse of energy efficiency information for every building type. While the content focuses primarily on the Golden State, those living outside California have much to gain from visiting this excellent Web site. [Source: GreenerBuildings.com]
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Written primarily for those who make decisions about the design and construction of K-12 schools, this 86-page guidebook describes the characteristics and benefits of high-performance school buildings and details a process that ensures school planners get the best design possible within their budgets.
The book is organized into three core sections. Section 1 provides an overview and two interrelated discussions: “What Is a High-Performance School Building?” and “Why Is a High-Performance School Building Valuable?” Section 2 is the Process Guide, which provides issue-specific questions for each stage of the design process that decision makers can ask their architectural/engineering teams as a means of driving projects toward the highest achievable levels of performance. Section 3 contains briefs that describe each of the 17 key “Building Blocks” that, when integrated as elements of a whole building design, result in a high-performance building.
Now in its second edition, the guide contains a new “Building Block” on durability, updated “Building Blocks” on acoustics and safety/security, new case studies, and new photographs, resources, and Web links.
The guide costs $50.00 ($42.50 for SBIC members). Buy it online. [Source: GreenerBuildings.com]
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The trade group Building Industry Professionals for Environmental Responsibility created this Web site as a follow-up to its very popular BIPERUSA monthly newsletter. iGreenBuild picks up where the newsletter leaves off, providing architects, designers, and builders with practical news and information on green-building products and techniques.
Topics run the gamut from green design to environmental legislation to "New Urbanism." Find reviews on green-building books, products, and Web sites. Also find a growing list of green-building vendors, organized by category. The site's well-designed events calendar features everything from small skills workshops to major national conferences. Finally, don't forget to sign up iGreenBuild's own monthly newsletter. [Source: GreenerBuilding.com]
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The National Association of Home Builders unveiled new voluntary guidelines to help mainstream home builders to incorporate environmental practices into every phase of the home building process while putting a priority on housing affordability. NAHB’s Model Green Home Building Guidelines were presented at a press conference during the International Builders’ Show, which was held in Orlando, Fla. [Source: GreenerBuildings.com]
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Seattle’s new City Hall and Justice Center garden roofs represent the city's environmental initiatives. By Charles Cronenweth [Source: GreenerBuildings.com]
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Japanese communications giant NEC is using information technology to improve productivity while reducing paper consumption and the need to transport people and goods. [Source: GreenBiz.com]
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Compiled for the California Public Utilities Commission by a variety of investor-owned utilities and energy commissions throughout the state, this site profiles more than 90 successful energy efficiency programs throughout the U.S. The site's creators hope the best practices detailed here will help users enhance the design, implementation, and evaluation of their own energy efficiency programs.
Best practice categories span both residential and non-residential energy efficiency programs, including lighting, HVAC, and construction. For each program category, find a Best Practices Program Area Report presenting detailed analysis comparing benchmarked programs within specific regions. [Source: GreenBiz.com]
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Companies that succeed in reducing their health impact will gain competitive advantage and position themselves to make more money. This benchmarking tool, published in February 2005, aims to help corporate managers design safer chemicals programs. Investors can use the tool to screen and identify “best in class” companies and raise questions with corporate management.
Companies highlighted include SC Johnson, Samsung, Fujitsu, Nike, Marks & Spencer, and Boots Group, PLC. Flip to the appendix for shareholder resolutions on environmental health, environmental health-advocacy Web sites, and relevant state, local, and European government policies. [Source: GreenBiz.com]
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The National Academy of Engineering has announced a $1 million Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability to seek a practical technology that can prevent the slow poisoning of people throughout the world as a result of arsenic contamination of drinking water.
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It is not quite the stuff of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the fare coming out of Homaru Cantu's kitchen is just as bizarre. In Roald Dahl's famous children's book, chewing gum is made to taste like a three-course meal. Cantu, a cordon-bleu chef, has modified an ink-jet printer to create dishes made of edible paper that can taste like anything from birthday cake to sushi. [Source: New Scientist]
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by Matt Migliore
While mature industries like automotive and aerospace are well aware of the cost and environmental benefits of solvent and wastewater recycling, a large contingent of the cleaning user community remains tied to hauling services. But awareness is growing, and recycling technology manufacturers are hopeful other industries will begin to implement in-house systems to handle spent solvent and wastewater.
However, before there is an uptick in uptake, recycling technology providers face several significant obstacles. They must overcome the perception that hauling is easier than recycling; they must figure out a way to decipher the mixed messages the U.S. government is sending on environmental issues; and they must convince users that recycled chemistries offer effective cleaning capability. [Source: CleanTech]
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Dates: March 15-17, 2005
Location: Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA
Building Energy features three days of speakers, workshops, and special events. Content is organized in 8 Tracks with nearly 80 Sessions and includes 11 special Workshops. The first two days include a full Trade Show with hundreds of exhibitors. It is attended by professionals who work directly with energy, energy policy and sustainable thinking. This includes, but is not limited to architects, engineers, designers, product developers, builders, manufacturers, policy makers, planners, educators, utility executives, green marketers, and activists. Associated audiences include students, the media, home and building owners, and interested consumers.
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New materials and innovative design are making folding bicycles an urban reality. But can American car-culture change enough to make them safe to ride? [Source: Metropolis Magazine]
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With a population of 18.5 million people, Mexico City is one of the exploding megalopolises of the 21st century, yet it faces obstacles to its own physical growth: uncertain business cycles; ambiguous zoning; arcane laws; and ever-new social groups. At an instructive point in the story of his city, Mexican architect, academic, and journalist José Castillo has put together Mexico City Dialogues: New Architectural Practices, an exhibit on show through May 7 at New York’s Center for Architecture. Dialogues features 14 projects by a dozen young Mexican architects, rendered through diagrams, photographs, aerial images, and text. We spoke with Castillo about how the challenging realities of Mexico City shape the work of these architects, as well as how this new generation is combining improvisation with traditional building methods. [Source: Metropolis Magazine]
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When the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) Home Competition opened last summer in Roanoke, Virginia, it became an instant inspiration for architecture students and educators from around the world. Prompted by the competition’s call for affordable, sustainable urban housing, as well as the fact that the winning designs would be built in the city’s neighborhoods, dozens of universities initiated green-building studios to prepare students for the contest. After all, the competition offered a hands-on project rare in most academic studios: a chance to re-imagine the American house through the lens of ecological design. [Source: Metropolis Magazine]
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Application receipt deadline date: April 28, 2005, 4:00 p.m. E.S.T.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing innovative approaches for measuring the concentrations and activities of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in environmental and biological media. The basis of this request for applications is the need to determine how and to what degree human and wildlife populations are exposed to EDCs. Current and previous research is greatly improving our understanding of the effects of EDCs in animals and humans. However, exposure tools are needed in order to measure concentrations and relative activities of EDC mixtures and ultimately to understand the relationships between exposure and adverse effects.
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To ensure drinking water technologies are available for consumers to reduce exposure to arsenic, the not-for-profit NSF International just released four final verification reports through the EPA/NSF Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Drinking Water Systems (DWS) Center. These new reports were produced to specify testing results of drinking water treatment technologies that help consumers avoid exposure to arsenic, which can increase cancer risk and cause other serious health problems.
The reports are:
Delta Industrial Services, Anchorage, Alaska Full Report: http://www.nsf.org/business/drinking_water_systems_center/pdf/Delta_Report.pdf
Watts Premier, Thermal, California Full Report:
http://www.nsf.org/business/drinking_water_systems_center/pdf/Watts_Report.pdf
Kinetico, Inc. and Alcan Chemicals, Carroll Township, Pennsylvania Full Report: http://www.nsf.org/business/drinking_water_systems_center/pdf/Kinetico-Alcan_ETV_Report.pdf
ADI International, Sellersville, Pennsylvania Full Report:
http://www.nsf.org/business/drinking_water_systems_center/pdf/ADI_Phase1_Report.pdf
NSF expects the release of three additional reports on arsenic reduction technologies for drinking water in 2005. For additional information on these final reports, please contact Bruce Bartley at 1-800-NSF-MARK ext. 5148, (734) 769-5148, or bartley@nsf.org. ;
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An environmental award-winning complex that’s home to Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. will be featured in an upcoming print ad set to appear in 40 national magazines.
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Collection of resources on toxicology and environmental health for those interested in careers in these fields. The site covers education, career options, continuing education, accreditation boards, and professional societies. Also includes resources for K-12 education and links to international organizations. From the National Library of Medicine. [Librarians' Index to the Internet]
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In early February, Lexus released new information about its upcoming hybrid electric sports utility vehicle (SUV), the RX 400h. In city driving, the new vehicle is expected to achieve a 67 percent improvement in fuel economy over the comparable RX 330, while accelerating to 60 mph faster. [EERE Network News]
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Hybrid electric vehicles may be all the rage, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and four partners are placing their bets on hydraulic hybrids, which store mechanical energy by pressurizing tanks of hydraulic fluid. The group aims to build a hydraulic hybrid UPS delivery van. [EERE Network News]
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The State Technologies Advancement Collaborative has awarded grants to research projects that will support efficient motors and technologies for distributed generation, hydrogen, biomass, and ethanol. Connecticut, Pennyslvania, and Wisconsin are also supporting alt fuels and renewables. [EERE Network News]
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More than 20 European companies and research establishments are combining their efforts to develop organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies that emit white light. OLEDs are plastic panels that can serve as displays or as a lighting source. [EERE Network News]
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As part of EPA's efforts to improve emissions monitoring and ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act, EPA has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that requests public input on the monitoring requirements of the Operating Permits Program under Title V of the Clean Air Act.
The notice seeks public comments on the best approaches to improve monitoring - such as by amending the monitoring requirements in existing emission standards and rules. The results of this action will lead to improved compliance with air emissions control requirements and should be less burdensome for states, tribes and industry.
This advance notice of proposed rulemaking is a preliminary step in the regulatory process that allows EPA to solicit comments as it weighs future improvements to monitoring requirements. For more information on this article, contact John Millett, EPA, at John Millett 202-564-7842 / millett.john@epa.gov. [ChemAlliance Environmental News]
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2005
Laura L. Barnes.
Last update:
10/25/2005; 12:09:21 PM.
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