Image from A/N Blog
Think thermal mass walls are just massive, dominating concrete walls? Think again. Check out this passive strategy on A/N Blog:
Sustainability
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Jul 10
Building Envelopes Available for Purchase!
The book has officially been released! You can secure your copy at several bookstores.
Here is a link to the listing at Borders! Enjoy!
http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=1568988184
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May 10
Building Envelopes coming soon!
Since winter of 2008, I served as a research assistant to Jenny Lovell on her upcoming book, Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach. The book will be published later this fall by Princeton Architectural Press and is available for pre-order now. Check it out! Congrats to Jenny Lovell on a task well done! Click here to read more.
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Oct 09
Decathletes, Start Your Solar Panels
Decathletes, Start Your Solar Panels
For the next two weeks you can visit 20 projects constructed by student teams at the Nation’s Capitol. The project aim is to educate people on energy-efficient housing, design, and construction of green houses. When their website is again functional, you can learn more at http://www.solardecathlon.org/.
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Oct 09
The design of everyday [technology] things
So what will happen with the telephone booths and parking meters of our analog days? An article in the NY Times, online rather than print, discusses this very phenomenon.
As the old technology goes way side, how can we reinvent or reuse this infrastructure. Spain currently has plans underway for converting under-used telephone booths into charging stations for iPods, laptops, and cell phones.
What other “old world” technologies can we repurpose?
Read the article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/arts/design/05iht-design5.html?ref=design
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Sep 09
Welcome to the new blog!
Welcome to the new blog format. I have changed blog hosts to Word Press. I hope you find the new page easier to navigate. Check out the bio and archive pages. More changes and information to come!
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Sep 09
Jane Goodall: Hope for Animals and Their World (Grand Central)
Jane Goodall: Hope for Animals and Their World (Grand Central)
There was an inspiring interview this morning on the Diane Rehm’s show on NPR with Jane Goodall. In her new book, she writes about the animals that have been brought back from the brink of extinction. A small robin, the red fox, the California Condor, which she carries a feather from as a reminder.
In her closing comments she reminded listeners the future is unwritten, though the statistics are dis-heartening, don’t give up. Keeping fighting and encouraging our children to fight.
Her new book is Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink. Her words this morning have inspired me to start reading this.
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Sep 09
Peaches and Greens: Getting fresh veggies to downtown Detroit
Watch the video
In a city where liquor stores out number grocery stores 26:1, one group is making a difference. Locally grown vegetables delivered by truck, like the ice cream truck, to the poor neighborhoods in Detroit. Now children can buy an apple for 50 as the truck drives through the streets. A farmer’s market has been built on a vacant lot. Now the whole community is involved in growing and harvesting vegetables. The program is targeted at eating healthy and lower neighborhood obesity rates, which are some of the highest in the country. Michigan is now funding several other programs in the city!
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Aug 09
It's back to school time, and the AIA is going green
As part of our continuing education, the AIA requires registered architects to attend classes yearly. This year, as part of that requirement, they are adding sustainability to the curriculum.
Given the impact of buildings and their energy use on the environment, I think this is a good step in raising awareness. However, until lower carbon emissions and energy useage are implemented as part of our building code, we as design professionals, are the champions of these needed changes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/education/20BUILD.html?ref=design
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Jul 08
AIA Chicago Student Design Entry
The images, boards and energy research I submitted to the Chicago Award in Architecture Student Competition are now posted on my website. Click the main image on the homepage or look under the project links for the Peerless Building button.
