Architecture2030 is a tremendous organization with a clear vision as to radically change the future for America’s (and the world’s) building infrastructure by putting the nation on a path so that 100% of new buildings will be carbon neutral (or better) in 2030. Appearing in next week’s New Yorker magazine, currently scrolling on their front […]
Entries from September 2007
GW: “Think you’re making a difference? Think again”
September 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on GW: “Think you’re making a difference? Think again”
Tags: architecture2030 · carbon dioxide · coal
From Gated Community to Energy Efficiency?
September 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on From Gated Community to Energy Efficiency?
Land-Tejas Companies, a real pioneer in gated communities, is setting off in a new direction with Discovery at Spring Trails. As they promote themselves, Innovation is the cornerstone of Land Tejas Companies, developer of Canyon Gate Communities. It is the refinement of vision and practicality. And now, from the developer who introduced guard-gated communities and […]
Tags: electricity · emissions · Energy · energy efficiency
The Sun is rising in the West … when it comes to Global Warming policy
September 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Sun is rising in the West … when it comes to Global Warming policy
When it comes to sensible policy and real progress on energy issues and Global Warming in the United States, the Sun is often rising in the West. A few weeks ago (22 Aug 07), the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) announced their regional goal: a 15 percent aggregate reduction below 2005 levels by 2020.
Tags: Bill Richardson · emissions · environmental · Global Warming · New Mexico · wci
Skylight to Searchlight …
September 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Within a small (SMALL) addition, the new laundry, horror of horrors, windowless. Off on the search for a natural light solution, from glass along one wall to a skylight. One-by-one, these solutions fell by the wayside as I contemplated the evil of needing to burn electricity and pump carbon dioxide every time emptying the washing […]
Tags: lighting
Why we can’t trust ’em … skeptics and misrepresenting evidence …
September 5th, 2007 · 7 Comments
The sound machine of Global Warming denialists and skeptics is revving up. There are two new items that are certain to be rocketing around the globe within certain circles ‘proving’, somehow, that Global Warming isn’t real and that action to prevent it are misguided. I’m not talking about Senator Steven’s latest claim that what we […]
Tags: Global Warming
41.4 tons to make a film?
September 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on 41.4 tons to make a film?
Carbon offset schmes have, well, too often seemed just like that to me. Having read up on them (too much, I must say), at the end of the day I remained confused, unconvinced, and concerned. There are honest ones out there, I promise, just not sure that I am ready to fully endorse any of […]
Tags: an inconvenient truth · carbon offsets
Energy Dumb policies … not just an American trait
September 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Energy Dumb policies … not just an American trait
The world is a complex place, with layers of purpose wrapped inside each other … The European Union argues that it has serious concerns about Global Warming. That it seeks to have real movements forward on energy efficiency. And yet …
Tags: EU · government energy policy · incandescent lighting · lighting