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Sustainable Urban Planning & Green Building

isupb2009.org

International Intersection of Sustainable Urban Planning & Green Building Symposium

An exchange between the US and Netherlands. June 25, 2009, San Francisco.

AIA

Update on June 30, 2009 at 09:28PM by Sustainability 2030

Chief Dutch Architect Wowed by SF.

Tract Solar Coming to your Nearest Greenfield!

How sustainable is solar, greenfield tract development? If it is the difference between solar and no solar, the solar version is better, but . . . that begs the real question of what type of land use patterns follow from and support sustainability, which is not a question asked or answered at the developer's end of the process, for the most part. In any case, solar tract development is a good transitional step. Read their promotional material at http://www.pinnbros.com/news/news-081507.php

Press Release: Pinn Brothers Fine Homes to Standardize Solar, Beginning with 455 Homes in Brentwood. Old Country Roofing and BP Solar Partner with Innovative California Homebuilder to Go Solar, August 15, 2007. Brentwood, CA Pinn Brothers Fine Homes, an innovative Northern California homebuilder, today announced that it is adopting an aggressive regional strategy to standardize solar energy into its building practices. The first community where these solar electric systems will be featured is in the City of Brentwood, where Pinn Brothers has started construction on 455 single family homes.

Sustainable Future - REnewed SF Academy of Sciences

Check it out:  http://www.calacademy.org/ or http://www.calacademy.org/sustainable_future

Nearly 10 years and $500 million dollars in the making, it's finally here. The new Academy is a masterpiece in sustainable architecture, blends seamlessly into the park's natural setting, and is filled with hundreds of innovative exhibits and thousands of extraordinary plants and animals.

Nature is a Strategy for Design by Peter J. Pearce

Cross posted from BFI:

Welcome to Vol. 9 No. 3 of Design Science News, the e-bulletin of the Buckminster Fuller Institute Design Science News brings you news from around the world related to humanity’s option for success and comprehensive design science. It also features updates from BFI and periodic special offers for our members.

FEATURED IN OUR ONLINE STORE: Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design by Peter J. Pearce The structural designs that occur in nature - in molecules, in crystals, in living cells - appear in this fully illustrated book as a source of inspiration and study of the design of man-made structures. In particular, the book reveals that when the geometrical modular systems developed by the author are applied to building design, the result is adaptive, structurally sound, and economical environments. Pearce’s work follows in the tradition established by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Konrad Wachsmann, and reflects his earlier close association with Charles Eames and Buckminster Fuller. Order your copy today!

Architecture 2030 Challenge

The Architecture 2030 Challenge -- development of high performance building technology so new buildings are  carbon-neutral in 2030 (using no fossil fuel green-house-gas emitting energy to operate).  Architecture 2030 is an innovative advocacy initiative focused on the architectural profession to maximize the profession's contribution to sustainability success. It has -- and is developing -- a wealth of resources for the architecture profession and other sustainability practitioners alike.  Visit the site.  Take the challenge.  Advance your sustainability architectural practice.  http://www.architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/index.html