Greetings, Happy New Year, and welcome to the January 2006 edition of the ED+C eNews. (Just as a reminder, ED+C will now be issuing these eNewsletters on a monthly basis.)

2006 is already shaping up to be a big year for ED+C, with Editor Michelle Hucal, LEED AP, being elected to the USGBC Board of Directors! Congrats, Michelle!
 
In further ED+C news, the "early bird" discounted rate for the Green Design Solutions conference in Atlanta, May 2 - 4, 2006, has been extended through February 28, 2006. Visit www.greendesignsolutions.com to register today for the conference.

I'll be heading to Orlando for the International Builders Show next week to meet with exhibitors and learn more about sustainable development. Flying out of Michigan into (hopefully) sunny Florida will be a nice winter respite. If any of you reading this will be down there, be sure to stop and say hello at the BNP Media booth if you have a chance.


Until next time,

Joe Mayton
ED+C Associate Editor

EFCO Corporation introduces the System 5500 Curtain Wall, another innovative product providing an array of design and performance benefits. The System 5500 meets the need for a versatile, economical product to be used in low to high-rise building projects. For enhanced energy efficiency, this product utilizes EFCO E-Strut™ thermal isolators. The E-Strut™ material is mechanically crimped in raceways that are extruded in the exterior and interior members, providing a total composite shape. Mullion splices and optional steel reinforcement allow multi-span applications. Screw spline construction allows assembly of sections prior to installation.

For details on any of EFCO Corporation's advanced fenestration products and services, call 800-221-4169 or visit www.efcocorp.com.

World of Concrete 2006
Commercial construction is booming -- and so is World of Concrete 2006. For MORE of everything for your construction business, make World of Concrete your must-attend event of 2006.

Technology for Construction, a premier feature within World of Concrete, returns with the newest information technology products and solutions for the construction industry from top IT and Systems providers.

TFC will offer:

• Cross-functional Conference, January 16-19 - A solutions-driven program for top management and IT executives that condenses months of applied research and learning into four information-packed days.
• Executive Forum, Tuesday, January 17 - An important market-wide interchange of IT-centric business strategies, best practices, information and ideas, geared to CIOs, CTOs, COOs, CFOs and other key company players.
• Technology Marketplace, January 17- 20 - The latest product developments, techniques and innovative solutions from the construction industry's top technology providers.
  
  Visit www.worldofconcrete.com/WOC2006/Public/Content.aspx?ID=2800&left=7

Green Roof Design 101
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is presenting Green Roof Design 101 - Introductory Course in two Canadian locations:

• Waterloo, Ontario (CAN) - Jan 20, 2006
• Montreal  (CAN)  - Jan 27, 2006

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 Dayna Goucher at dgoucher@greenroofs.org, 416-971-4494 ext 228.


Oakland Green Roof Market Development Symposium

• Oakland, California - Feb 9, 2006

Laney College, 900 Fallon Street
8:30 am - 4:30 pm, followed by a networking reception.
 
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is co-hosting, with various municipal governments, a series of symposia across North America. These one-day symposiums will demonstrate the benefits of a green roof system and develop an action plan on how to establish a local green roof industry through research and policy development, and will provide an opportunity for participants to learn from local and national experts about the general design and implementation of green roofs. Local case studies will be featured wherever possible.  Please contact jphilp@greenroofs.org for more information. To view the current agenda and to register, please visit www.greenroofs.org. Registration for this event is $195 US, and includes a one-year individual membership to Green Roofs for Healthy Cities.

BUILDING ENERGY Conference & Trade Show
March 7 - 9, 2006
Boston's Seaport World Trade Center
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) hosts Building Energy '06, the Northeast's premier conference and trade show for renewable energy and green building professionals and others eager to learn about "green" building techniques and products.  Featuring in-depth workshops on a wide range of topics with leading designers, architects, engineers, product developers, builders, manufacturers, policy makers, planners, educators, utility executives, and green marketers.  The trade show offers one-stop shopping for the latest green construction products and services.  For more information, visit www.BuildingEnergy.nesea.org.

For more news, visit www.EDCmag.com.

Nigel Howard leaves USGBC
Washington, D.C. -- After four years serving as U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) vice president and chief technical officer, Nigel Howard has left his post with the USGBC. Nigel directed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and International programs through almost 30-fold growth and development, and has also contributed to market transformation internationally, primarily through his work with the World Green Building Council. Upon his resignation, Nigel feels that his main contributions have been made, and he will watch with interest as the Council now goes from strength to strength. The USGBC (www.usgbc.org) appreciates Nigel's significant contribution, and wishes him well for the future.

AHR Expo Adds Greenovation Award Category
Westport, Conn. -- AHR Expo has added a new category, Greenovation, to their fourth annual Innovation Awards competition. The awards recognize the increasing number of products and technology that make buildings "green" by favoring the environment, conservation of natural resources, and the reduction of energy consumption and pollution in the HVAC/R industry. Greenovation will join the other eight categories in the award competition: Building Automation, Cooling, Heating, Indoor Air Quality, Refrigeration, Software, Tools and Ventilation.
The first winner of the Greenovation Award 2006 is VRTX Technologies LLC for the VRTX Systems, which relies on kinetic energy, hydrodynamic cavitation and chemical equilibrium to control scale, corrosion, and biofouling without hazardous chemicals.
For more information, visit www.ahrexpo.com.

AIA Names New President and Executive Vice President/CEO
Washington, D.C. -- Katherine Lee Schwennsen, FAIA, associate dean of the Iowa State University College of Design, was inaugurated as the 82nd president of The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Schwennsen succeeds Ohio architect Douglas L Steidl, FAIA, and will represent the 77,000+ members of the AIA in the coming year with a detailed national agenda that focuses on collaboration, diversity, and environmental stewardship.
Christine McEntee, formerly CEO of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), was named the Institute's new executive vice president and chief executive officer effective February 1, 2006. McEntee succeeds AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Norman L. Koonce, FAIA. For further details, visit www.aia.org.

Warner Bros. Awarded Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award, LEED Silver Rating
Burbank, Calif. -- Warner Bros. Entertainment received a 2005 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in the Sustainable Practices or Facilities category for its remodel of a 56,000-square-foot building office building that follows the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standard for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI).  The award is the state of California's highest environmental honor. The building received the LEED Silver rating and is the first of its kind in the entertainment industry.
For more information on Warner Bros. Entertainment's LEED Silver building, visit www.wbenvironmental.com. 

Urban-Open Competition Announced
Chicago -- Urban-Open, a two-phase, open, international architectural competition that honors Chicago's commitments to sustainability and community development by designing, then creating a space defined sculpturally, architecturally and naturally, has been announced by the Chicago Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Archi-Treasures, Bethany Brethren Community Center, the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, and the AIA Young Architects Forum.
The first phase will solicit design schemes for an outdoor community space. Registration for this phase is open, and the deadline for entries is April 15, 2006. For more information, visit www.urban-open.org.  

Discovery Channel Looking for Families for Television Show
London -- Ricochet Films, an independent UK television production company and the makers of ABC's Supernanny, are currently developing a new TV show for the Discovery Channel, and are seeking families who are planning to trade their current city life for an alternative one of self-sufficiency and survival in the wilderness; specifically, the more remote regions of states such as: Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, Maine, Idaho and Hawaii.
The ideal candidates are families who are moving from a completely different state, giving up their regular city jobs and suburban dwellings in pursuit of an outdoor dream which will see them building a new home in an ambitiously remote region, raising or hunting their food, relying on renewable energy and living, as much as possible, off the land. For more info, visit www.ricochet.co.uk, or email homestead@ricochet.co.uk.

Green Roof of the Year Covered with Sarnafil
Sarnen, Switzerland - Sarnafil, an international manufacturer of high-tech plastic membranes for a wide range of applications including roofing, waterproofing and civil engineering, announced that Bauwerksbegrünung e.V. (Green Roofing) in Germany named Italian architects Dr. B. Centola and Prof. Dr. M. Pozzoli winners of the "Green Roof of the Year 2005" competition fore their green roof designed using Sarnafil membranes on the newly built European Investment Bank building in Luxemburg.
The roof surface covers an area of 37,675 square feet distributed on three levels, including an upper level with large planted areas, a croquet field, tennis courts, access roads, and parking spaces; a green inner court, which is actually another green roof, featuring two ponds with fountains as visual focal points; and a piazza that features specially designed circular raised planting beds.
For more information about Sarnafil in the U.S., visit www.sarnafilus.com.

Alternative Energy Industry Flourishing in Southeast Michigan
Pontiac, Mich. -- A snapshot of the alternative energy industry in Oakland County, Mich. and its surrounding areas provides an extensive list of companies and university programs focused on research in this area, working to ensure growth and prosperity in various renewable energy sectors, such as solar, hydrogen, wind, fuel cells, clean diesel, and others. For an overview of the alternative energy snapshot, visit www.co.oakland.mi.us/peds/assets/docs/Alt_Energy.pdf. 

Winners of 2005 Community Recycling Leadership Awards Announced
Atlanta -- The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a nonprofit public service organization dedicated to recycling rechargeable batteries and cell phones, announced the recipients of its fifth annual Community Recycling Leadership Awards, with recipients selected from each region of the United States and the country of Canada.  One recipient is also awarded the National Leadership Award.  These awards recognize RBRC's community program participants for their outstanding efforts in rechargeable battery and cell phone recycling through the Call2Recycle program. 
The 2005 National Community Recycling Leadership Award went to the City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs, Phoenix, Ariz.
The 2005 Regional Community Recycling Leadership Award Recipients were:
· Lexington County Solid Waste Management, Lexington County, SC
· Missouri State Recycling Program (MSRP)
· The University of Minnesota Department of Environmental Health and Safety (DEHS)
· National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH), Washington, D.C.
· The City of Hamilton, Canada
· The Regional Municipality of Halton, Canada
For more information, visit www.rbrc.org/community/index.html.

NY Ferry Terminal uses Wausau's PV-powered SuperWall
Wausau, Wis. -- Contributing to the revitalization of downtown Manhattan, Wausau Window and Wall Systems provided its SuperWall system with building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panels for the 200,000-square-foot construction of the Whitehall Ferry Terminal, helping to make it one of New York City's "High Performance Buildings," as named by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The features contributing to this recognition are its PV panels, daylight dimming, controlled, demand-based ventilation, and high-performance glazing.
The $201 million project was a joint venture of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Department of Transportation, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of Parks and Recreation.
For more information on Wausau Window and Wall Systems, visit www.wausauwindow.com.

Harmon House, Model to Be Included In National Building Museum Exhibit
Raleigh, N.C. - An award-winning vacation house in the Bahamas, designed by Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, will be included in the upcoming exhibition, "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture" at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. beginning May 2006, and afterwards at other venues in the United States.
In addition to photos and drawings of the Taylor House, the curators have commissioned Harmon to construct a scale model of the project for use in the Museum through May 2007, as well as in the subsequent traveling exhibition. To learn more about the museum, visit www.nbm.org. For more information on Harmon's project, visit www.frankharmon.com.

USGBC Named to Scientific American 50
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been named by Scientific American magazine as a Business Leader within the 2005 Scientific American 50 - the magazine's annual list recognizing outstanding acts of leadership in science and technology from the past year. The USGBC was selected for its leadership in promoting environmental design. For more information, visit www.sciam.com.

Aquafil Yarns to Come Standard in Tricycle's Apso Jet Set
Chattanooga, Tenn. -- Tricycle, Inc., an international company that enables sustainable design in the interiors industry, and Aquafil USA, manufacturers and distributors of yarns to the North American carpet industry, have announced a joint partnership to include Aquafil yarns in Tricycle's product development and prototyping system, Apso Jet Set. The project launches early in 2006.  For more information, visit www.aquafil.com and www.tricycleinc.com.

Rheem Tankless Water Heaters Qualify for Federal Energy Tax Incentive
Montgomery, Ala. -- The Water Heating Division of Rheem Manufacturing Company announced that its entire line of gas-fired tankless water heaters qualify for a federal income tax credit under the new Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005. A provision of the bill, which went into effect on January 1, 2006, provides a personal income tax credit of $300 to homeowners who install a gas, propane or oil-fired water heater with an energy factor (EF) of at least 0.80. All six models in the Rheem tankless water heater line meet this criteria by carrying energy factors of 0.81 or 0.82. The line includes models fueled by either natural gas or propane, while offering gas inputs of up to 199,000 BTU per hour and flow rates up to 7.4 gallons per minute at a 45 degree Fahrenheit rise in water temperature.
For more information on Rheem, visit www.rheemtankless.com. 

Independent Research Reports Air Purification Technology Eliminates Anthrax and  E.Coli Spores
Belmont, Mass. -- Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc. announced that a team of senior researchers from the Institute for Veterinary Medicine in the Ukraine, including specialists in immunopathology and bacteriology, found in an independent microbiological trial that Kronos' air purification and sterilization technology was able to destroy and sterilize air that had been inseminated with Anthrax and E.coli spores. The Kronos technology moves, filters and purifies air by using high voltage electrodes rather than filters or fans, and can be embedded across existing environments, retro-fitted into any existing ventilation system, or built as a standalone product, the company says. 
Kronos is actively pursuing the commercialization of its technology with strategic partners in the aircraft, automotive, residential and military markets.
The study will be published in the Herald of Hygiene and Epidemiology, a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on biological testing, hygiene and communicable disease.    
For more information, visit www.kronosati.com. 

ICF Construction
El Paso, Texas -- Perform Wall Panels are insulated concrete forms comprised of cement, polystyrene, water, and other additives. The panel's geometry produces a grid pattern that allows the panels to be placed vertically, horizontally or in combination. When filled with concrete and rebar, the Perform Wall Panel System produces a monolithic reinforced concrete wall. Modulation of concrete formulas and the amount of reinforcement allows the load bearing capacity to be adapted for almost any requirement. The panels serve as their own fire, sound and thermal barrier, and are virtually impervious to natural assaults including earthquake, fire, wind, water, heat and cold, the company says.
For more information, visit www.performwall.com.

Do you know of any unique green products that should be featured here? Please e-mail maytonj@bnpmedia.com.

Jan 12, 2006 - Jan 14, 2006
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Symposium
Washington, DC
www.iaqsymposium.com

Jan 15, 2006 - Jan 18, 2006
2006 C&D World Exposition & Show
CMRA
Miami, FL
www.cdworldshow.com

Jan 21, 2006 - Jan 25, 2006
2006 ASHRAE Winter Meeting
Chicago, IL
www.ashrae.org

Feb 14, 2006 - Feb 16, 2006
International Roofing Expo 2006
Las Vegas, NV
www.TheRoofingExpo.com

March 11, 2006 - March 15, 2006
NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference 2006
Long Beach, CA
www.HydrogenConference.org

March 12 - March 14, 2006
2006 National Green Building Conference
Albuquerque, NM
www.nahb.org

Online Book Store at www.AECStore.com
Sustainable design books are now available at the AEC Online Store. Visit www.AECStore.com to purchase buyers guides, books, CD-Roms and more! You can also access the store through ED+C's home page at www.EDCmag.com.

www.bcxa.org
The Building Commissioning Association is an international, non-profit Association of Professional Commissioning providers. Commissioning is critical to the verification of sustainable polices and a prerequisite for LEED certification.

www.greenhomeguide.com
GreenHomeGuide is a grassroots, community-based guide to green remodeling and new construction.

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