Winning green hearts
Tags: ARCHITECTS; SUSTAINABLE architecture; SUSTAINABLE buildings; ARCHITECTURAL design; CARBON dioxide mitigation
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- Architecture: Architects of a low-energy future. Butler, Declan // Nature;4/3/2008, Vol. 452 Issue 7187, p520
The article focuses on the tools used and strategies to develop green buildings. Architectural engineer Karsten Voss at the University of Wuppertal has tested structures that require little traditional heating or air-conditioning. A discussion on the use of technology to reduce the carbon...
- SUSTAINABLE FOOTPRINT. // Concrete Products;Feb2008, Vol. 111 Issue 2, p8
The article offers information on the "Walk the Walk" campaign of the American Institute of Architects. The purposed of the campaign is to educate, promote and encourage sustainable architecture among consumers, entrepreneurs, and architects. Through the campaign, organizers could inform...
- MAJOR PLANS FOR BREEAM STANDARDS. // Sustain' Magazine;2008, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p12
The article announces that BRE Global will be launching BREEAM Energy Star ahead of the British Government's consultation on carbon reduction in new non-domestic buildings. According to Martin Townsend of BREEAM, the BREEAM Energy Star will encourage the design innovation necessary to achieve...
- Zero-carbon hangs on local power viability. // Estates Gazette;2/20/2010, Issue 1007, p32
The article reports on the results of a study published by the British Green Building Council and Zero Carbon Hub on February 18, 2010 which urges the government to act to make community-scale energy schemes financially viable if developers are to meet zero-carbon building targets.
- 'Lack of clarity' hampering green building. Whitten, Nick // Estates Gazette;2/18/2012, Issue 1207, p03
The article reveals that a new report in 2012 by the Aldersgate Group on sustainability in the built environment has concluded that there is a lack of clarity in the attempts to decrease building carbon emissions.
- Boosters Try To Stay Upbeat During Slump. Post, Nadine M. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;11/2/2009, Vol. 263 Issue 14, p10
The article offers information on various construction projects aimed to promote carbon emission reduction, announced at the 2009 conference on "Evolution of the Skyscraper: New Challenges in a World of Global Warming and Recession." Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture unveiled its Chicago...
- Partnerships' environmental record under spotlight. // Public Private Finance;Sep2008, Issue 126, p7
The article reports on the need to increase the funds on improving the environmental performance of partnership buildings in Great Britain. Out of 17 school designs that were analysed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), eight of the school building got poor rate...
- Sustainable Solutions. Brens, David // Enterprise/Salt Lake City;8/3/2009, Vol. 39 Issue 6, p10
This entry discusses the article "Mitigating Climate Change: What America's Building Industry Must Do," by Mahadev Raman in the 2009 issue of "Design Intelligence." Mahadev discusses the role of architects and engineers to design buildings that will reduce carbon emission by 80 percent by 2050....
- Following carbon footprints leads architects and consultants to their own doorsteps. // Architectural Record;Mar2007, Vol. 195 Issue 3, p56
The article focuses on the efforts of architects and consultants to develop sustainable operations plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from their offices. To reduce carbon dioxide emission at their own work spaces, architects and their consultants rely on the same strategies they employ in...
