Greetings and welcome to the December 2006 edition of the ED+C eNews.
The holiday season is upon us, and I, for one, am still decompressing from Greenbuild! 2006 was a busy year for ED+C, with travel for our show schedule, webinars, Excellence in Design awards, the launch of Sustainable Home in November and our Green Book December issue that hits the streets next week! And it doesn't stop -- beginning in 2007, ED+C is going 12 times, with Sustainable Home also going out in January, May, August and October.
As the year draws to a close, take a minute to reflect on it. One thing that I've learned is that it is difficult to try and be in 30 different places at once! I wouldn't want it any other way, though, as this is a strong testament to the growth of the green building industry. What are some of the key lessons you've learned? What were your favorite green building shows you attended? What designs you saw really floored you? Share your favorite stories. Send them to me at maytonj@bnpmedia.com, and ED+C will incorporate into our blog.
Congrats to John Profitt of Assured Developments Ltd. John is the lucky winner of the Learn Green + Earn Green Solio solar iPod charger and iPod from ED+C's Greenbuild contest.
And, don't forget to sign up for our free Designing for Sustainability - Through Lifecycle Thinking Edu+cast webinar sponsored by Steelcase being held online this Thursday, Dec. 7 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Visit www.EDCmag.com for more details.
Happy Holidays from ED+C!
Until next year,
Joe Mayton ED+C Associate Editor
Give Sustainable Holiday Gifts This Season!
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USGBC Accredited as ANSI Standards Developer Washington, D.C - The U.S. Green Building Council has been accredited as an official Standards Developing Organization by the American National Standards Insitute (ANSI). USGBC applied to become an ANSI-accredited standards developer last year. For more information, visit www.usgbc.org.
Poll Finds Majority of Americans Fear Global Warming, Support Change
Washington, D.C. - According to a national public opinion poll commissioned by Earth Day Network, Americans recognize the threat of climate change and want politicians to do something to reverse it, and topping the list of solutions are energy efficiency and renewable energy. The poll also shows that Americans are worried about global warming-58 percent say global warming will have a "great to extreme" impact on their children's future and two out of three agree it will adversely impact the U.S. economy over the next ten years. For more information, visit
www.earthday.net.
Brick Industry Association Announces Application Deadline for Contests Washington, D.C. - The Brick Industry Association (BIA) announced its deadline of December 15, 2006, for submitting applications for two contests awarding excellence in environmental stewardship and employee health and safety. Open to all masonry industry companies, these contests illustrate the brick industry's commitment to safeguarding the environment, as well as the safety and health of brick industry workers.For more information, visit
www.gobrick.com.
USGBC's Natural Talent Design Competition Awards Three Teams First Place
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) concluded its fourth annual national design competition at Greenbuild 2006 | Denver. Because of the quality of all entries and consistent attention to a variety of sustainable systems and strategies, the judges felt strongly that there needed to be a three-way tie for first place, as well as one honorable mention. Growing from the success seen in the 2006 competition, 19 local groups have created local programs and are hosting their own local competitions. For more information, visit
www.usgbc.org.
New Resource Bank Opens in San Francisco San Francisco - New Resource Bank, a bank focusing on serving entrepreneurs and sustainable businesses, announced its opening with the launch of their on-line banking platform. The new bank is responding to a market demand for more customized banking and by focusing on a growing wave of green or sustainable businesses and the people who value them. For more information, visit
www.newresourcebank.com.
AIA Accepting Submissions for 2007 Top Ten Green Projects Washington, D.C. - The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) is accepting online submissions for the 2007 COTE Top Ten Green Projects awards program. All project submissions must be received by January 17, 2007. For more information, visit www.aiatopten.org.
6 Billion Trees & Growing Website Washington, D.C. - The Sustainable Forestry Initiative's (SFI) 6 Billion Trees program plants enough trees to cover a landmass the size of New Jersey and Massachusetts combined. Since the program's inception in 1995, SFI program participants have replanted an average of 1.7 million new trees a day. For more information, visit www.aboutsfi.org
and www.sixbilliontrees.org.
White LEDs Replace Fluorescent in Display Lighting Application Cleveland - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will outfit low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores with a GE ecomagination-certified, light-emitting diode (LED) solution from GELcore, LLC, a GE Consumer & Industrial business (GE). Wal-Mart expects to net up to 66 percent energy savings in stores where the new GE LED refrigerated display lighting solution will be put to work. For more information, visit
www.gelcore.com.
Panel Source International Inc. Announces LEED APs St. Albert, Alberta, Can. - Panel Source International Inc. announced that two staff members have become LEED Accredited Professionals. Ryan McNeil and Steve Umansky have successfully completed the LEED AP examination. For more information, visit www.panelsource.net.
LEED Gold is Fifth Honor for Johnson County Sunset Drive Office Building Kansas City, Kan. - The Johnson County Sunset Drive Building has been awarded two honors: LEED Gold certification and the American Institute of Architects Kansas City Chapter Committee on the Environment Award. Former honors include the Design-Build Institute of America National Award, Design-Build Institute of America Mid-America Chapter Award and a National Association of Counties Award. For more information, visit
www.360architects.com and www.mccowngordon.com.
GEC Integrates Solar Power for Learning Center Glenview, Ill. - Green Energy Collaborative (GEC) announced that it has completed installation and commissioning of its solar-powered roof at the Evelyn Pease Tyner
Interpretive Center, Glenview, Ill. Using Open Energy's SolarSave Roofing tiles, Chicago's GEC partners, A Design Consulting, Life Quality Systems and Open Energy Corporation provided 490 of its building-integrated photovoltaic SolarSave roofing tiles for the project. The 1,500 square-foot installation makes up approximately one third of the Tyner Centers roof, and is expected to produce 13.8 kilowatts of AC power. For more information, visit www.openenergycorp.com
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Stonyfield Farm's 'Bid With Your Lid' Program Generates Support for Environment
Londonderry, N.H. - Stonyfield Farm's 2006 "Bid with your Lid" promotion attracted more than 218,000 consumer votes, determining the amount of support each of three participating environmental groups received from the organic yogurt company. Stonyfield Farm donated a total of $100,000 to the National Gardening Association, River Network and Conservation International, but the exact amount to each organization was determined by the public, which cast votes online or by mail with Stonyfield Farm yogurt lids. Each year through its Profits for the Planet (PFP) Program, Stonyfield Farm donates 10 percent of its profits to efforts that help protect and restore
the Earth. For more information, visit www.stonyfield.com.
CHER Becomes Part of the Center For Health Design Concord, Calif. - The Center for Health Design (CHD) and the Coalition for Health Environments Research (CHER) announced that CHER is now a part of CHD. CHER is a nonprofit organization staffed and directed by volunteers that was formed in 1999 to promote, fund, and disseminate research contributing to effective and improved healthcare environments.For more information, visit
www.healthdesign.org/aboutus/press/releases/CHER.php.
Alcoa Develops Sustainable 'Engineered Natural Systems' to Islandia, N.Y. - Alcoa is actively developing, evaluating, and implementing natural sustainable technologies to reduce the environmental footprint at its aluminum smelting, refining, and production facilities. The technologies, known as Engineered Natural Systems, use a variety of plants, soils, and microbes to reduce the volume of discharged stormwater and process water, as well as the concentrations of pollutants in the discharged water. For more information, visit
www.alcoa.com.
IFMA and ASBE Form Alliance Houston - The International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) has formed a professional alliance with the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments (ASBE). The alliance promotes a more energy efficient, environmentally benign, health focused, and productive workplace, focusing on products, services, and work processes. For more information, visit www.greenerfacilities.org
and www.ifma.org.
Mannington Participates in CCHRC Grand Opening Calhoun, Ga. - Mannington was one of the many companies on hand to congratulate all the people and organizations involved in building the new Research and Testing Facility at the Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The new 15,000-square-foot facility, designed for the testing and development of cold-climate materials, is itself a test with 400 sensors measuring the performance of the building's components. For more information, visit
www.cchrc.corg and www.mannington.com.
Azrock by Tarkett Celebrates 75th Anniversary Houston - Tarkett Commercial is celebrating its 75th anniversary of the Azrock Commercial Tile line of products. Founded in 1912 as Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company, the company began manufacturing vinyl tile in 1932 and later was acquired by Tarkett Inc. For more information, visit www.tarkett.com.
Affordable Housing Rehabilitation Scheduled for December Completion Kansas City - The 80 unit, $3.2 million affordable housing rehabilitation of Ivanhoe Gardens Apartments in Kansas City, Mo., is scheduled for December 2006 completion thanks to developers Swope Community Builders, Dalmark, architectural firm Rosemann & Associates, P.C. and the Missouri Housing Development Commission. For more information, visit
www.rosemann.com.
Yudelson Receives State, National Marketing Awards Tucson, Ariz. - Yudelson Associates, a green building consulting firm, announced that founder Jerry Yudelson has received two major marketing awards: A statewide marketing communications award by the Oregon chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services, and a national marketing communications award at the SMPS annual meeting in Los Angeles. For more information, visit
www.greenbuildconsult.com.
Saint Clare's Hospitals Minimizing Strain on Environment Milwaukee - Saint Clare's Health System in New Jersey announced that the facility improvements recommended and installed by Johnson Controls, Inc. have reduced the health system's electric consumption by nearly 400,000 kwh and avoided 1,328 tons of CO2 emissions in three months. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com
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Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction 2007: Urban_Trans_Formation Zurich, Switzerland - More than 200 international experts will meet in China at the Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction to be held from April 19 - 21, 2007. With urban growth predicted to surge in the 21st century, the symposium will advance concepts for the sustainable development of cities. The forum is being hosted by Tongji University in Shanghai. Attendance is limited; registration is now open. For more information, visit www.holcimforum.org.
Stevens EP Brand of TPO Hits Billion Square Foot Mark Holyoke, Mass. - Stevens Roofing Systems announced that its Stevens EP brand of TPO has reached the billion square foot mark. According to the company, the TPO is environmentally friendly from both a manufacturing and an application perspective, and is Title 24 compliant. For more information, visit www.stevensroofing.com
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OEC Signs Agreement with Infinia to Develop Solar Electric Power System Solana Beach, Calif.- Open Energy Corporation (OEC), a renewable energy company focused on the design and manufacturing of solar energy products, has signed a joint development agreement with Infinia Corporation to integrate its products into a power generation system. For more information, visit www.openenergycorp.com
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Seville to Build Showcase Home Atlanta - Carl Seville, an Atlanta area-based green builder, educator, and consultant on sustainability to the residential construction industry, will be the builder of The EarthCraft/TechHome Showcase Home that will be featured during the 2007 Southern Building Show, scheduled June 20-22, 2007, at the Cobb Galleria Exhibition Center in the Northwest Atlanta metro area. For more information, visit
www.southernbuildingshowcase.com.
HGTV's New Series, 'Living With Ed' Knoxville, Tenn. - Actress Rachelle Carson and eco-obsessed husband, Emmy-nominated actor Ed Begley Jr. star in HGTV's new family docu-soap, "Living with Ed," which is set in the couple's entirely solar-powered, modest, two-bedroom Hollywood home. The six-episode series takes viewers inside the unconventional lifestyle of the duo, and also offers real tips on ways to create a more eco-friendly home. For more information, visit
www.HGTV.com.
Tandus Recognizes West York Area School District for Commitment to Recycling York, Pa. - Tandus, a manufacturer of commercial floorcoverings, has recognized the West York Area School District with its Environmental Stewardship Award for continued commitment to recycling. Tandus collaborated with the school district to reclaim more than 5,500 square yards of carpet through the carpet reclamation program of its C&A Floorcoverings brand. For more information, visit
www.tandus.com.
Philips' LED Lighting to Lower Energy Consumption by 50 Percent New York - Philips Electronics' Snowflake Spectacle - a high-tech light show that combines holiday tradition and advanced technology - has replaced this year's snowflake design with 40,400 newly upgraded LEDs (light emitting diodes) to make this year's spectacle the brightest and most energy-efficient ever. By upgrading Philips' LED system, this year's Spectacle will use only 2600W of energy - the equivalent of just three toaster ovens. For more information, visit
www.philips.com/newscenter.
Jarmel Kizel Awards Patrick Candalla with NJIT Scholarship Livingston, N.J. - Jarmel Kizel Architects & Engineers, Inc. has announced that Patrick Candalla of Jersey City, New Jersey, is the 2006 recipient of the Jarmel Kizel Architects & Engineers, Inc. endowed scholarship for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), School of Architecture (SOA) For more information, visit www.njit.edu/about/overview/mission.php
and www.jarmelkizel.com.
Halogen Lamps Produce More Lumens, Energy Savings Danvers, Mass. - Boasting a 4,500-hour lamp life, Osram Sylvania's (www.sylvania.com) Capsylite e-PRO lamps are lead-free, last longer and consume less energy than the halogen lamps they replace, the company reports. A lighting industry exclusive, the rocket-shaped circuit board allows the Capsylite e-PRO lamp to produce 35 percent more lumens and last 80 percent longer than a similar wattage halogen PAR lamp.
Formaldehyde-Free and Low-VOC Ceiling Panels Provide Antimicrobial Protection Chicago - USG Corporation's (www.usg.com) reformulated ceiling panels offer formaldehyde-free ceiling panels and antimicrobial protection, the company reports, further reducing VOC emissions and increasing mold and mildew protection. The company also announced the launch of a new website,
www.sustainableceilings.com, to serve as an industry resource.
First MBDC Cradle to Cradle Certification for a Powered Workstation Grand Rapids, Mich. - Steelcase Inc.'s (www.steelcase.com
) Answer powered workstation consists of panels, wood worksurfaces, and overhead and floor-based storage, and has received a silver MBDC Cradle to Cradle certification for an entire powered workstation. The certification recognizes the use of ecologically-intelligent materials and cradle-to-cradle product design in the products and storage components of Steelcase's Answer system.
Internet-based Green Gift Guide Woodstock, N.Y.- Featuring over 300 retailers and wholesalers in over 70 shopping categories, this holiday season, EcoMall (www.ecomall.com
), an Internet-based environmental website, offers a wealth of gift suggestions that use natural and sustainable materials, reduce waste and reinforce a connection with nature. Over a hundred green gift ideas including organic cotton clothing, bedding and toys, to natural body care and aromatherapy products are available. Other holiday tips can be found at www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/holidaytips.htm.
Do you know of any unique green products that should be featured here? Please e-mail maytonj@bnpmedia.com.
Green Roof Design 101 Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is presenting Green Roof Design 101 - Introductory Course in multiple locations:
Los Angeles - December 7, 2006
Charlotte, N.C. - December 11, 2006
Portland, Ore. - December 13, 2006
Orlando - January 21, 2007
This one-day course, which runs from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with a tuition cost of $345, will introduce the basic benefits, costs, and design associated with green roofs and provides critical information for anyone looking to expand into this multi-million dollar market. Continuing education credits (7.5) are available from RCI, AIA, and ASLA. For more information and to register please go to www.greenroofs.org
under the "Training Courses, Current Design 101 Courses" section or contact Anna Sergeyeva at asergeyeva@greenroofs.org, or 416-971-4494.
Green Roof Design & Installation 201 Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is presenting Green Roof Design & Installation 201 in multiple locations:
Los Angeles - December 8, 2006
Portland - December 15, 2006
This much anticipated second course in the green roof accreditation program covers in detail the many different steps that need to be understood and incorporated into any successful green roof design and implementation including actors' roles and responsibilities, construction contracts and their administration, warranties, bidding process etc. This course is suited to those who have already taken Green Roof Design 101 or who already have a good general understanding of green roof design. For more information or to register please go to
www.greenroofs.org or contact Anna Sergeyeva at asergeyeva@greenroofs.orgor 416.971.4494.
Ecobuild Federal - Sustainable, Green and High-Performance Solutions for the Built Environment December 5-7, 2006 Washington, D.C. Go beyond green at this comprehensive event! Join AEC professionals from the private and public sector who design, construct, manage facilities, and specify building products. Explore the breadth of green building, sustainable design, renewable energy, environmental planning processes and information collaboration strategies for construction. Held at the Washington Convention Center in cooperation with The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council and The Green Building Institute.
Register here Visit www.ecobuildfederal.com for more information.
FREE Electric Radiant Webinar Dec. 13 Take part in a free web-cast seminar on Dec. 13, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. ET on "Selling/Installing Underfloor Radiant Flooring Systems." The agenda includes speakers Hoyt Corbett (Inventive Development LLC), Kathleen Scranton (Easy Heat), and is moderated by Al Stewart (editor, National Floor Trends magazine). Find out why electric floor warming is an ideal niche for all flooring professionals. Register now by visiting
http://webinar.ntlfloortrends.com.
World of Concrete January 23-26, 2007 Las Vegas World of Concrete Gears Up for its 33rd Annual Show! World of Concrete 2007 returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, January 23-26, 2007; Seminars January 22-26, with more seminars, outdoor exhibitor demonstrations, and much more! At WOC, attendees can spend a week at the industry's largest international event and find everything they need to keep their businesses competitive, profitable and strong all year long! After last years' record-setting event,
WOC 2007 promises to be bigger and better than ever! With only 5 months to go, World of Concrete is putting the final touches on its diverse and informative show including a seminar program that gives more than 10,000 industry professionals valuable information about products, techniques and strategies to make their operations more efficient and more profitable. NEW this year, WOC will offer 130+ seminars, in both 90-minute and 3-hour sessions covering more diverse topics to suit all needs and schedules. For more information, visit
http://www.worldofconcrete.com/WOC2007/public/enter.aspx
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The January 2007 print issue of ED+C will focus on K-12 Education, along with Special Sections on Green Cleaning and Sustainable Home, as well as a Product Focus featuring Concrete; Flooring; and Efficient HVAC. The ED+C
2007 Editorial Calendar is available online -- send your case studies, projects, stories, products and comments to Joe Mayton, associate editor, ED+C, at maytonj@bnpmedia.com.
