Table of contents
Introduction
Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge
Preface
Paul Hawken, Natural Capital Institute
Section 1: Practice
Eco-Effectiveness: A New Design Strategy
William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart, McDonough, Braungart Design Chemistry
Solar Electric Buildings
Steven J. Strong, Solar Design Associates, Inc.
The Art of Architecture in the Age of Energy
James Wines, SITE Environmental Design
Landscapes That Renew
Diana Balmori, Balmori Associates, Inc.
Living Buildings
Jason Frederick McLennan, BNIM Architects
Building Integrated Photovoltaics
Gregory Kiss, Kiss + Cathcart Architects
Sustainable Design Goes Mainstream
Harry Gordon, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
Homan-Centered Sustainable Design
Kirsten Childs and Randolph R. Croxton, Croxton Collaborative Architects
The Eco-Office: Tomorrow’s Workplace, Today
Robert Watson and Adam Cox, Natural Resources Defenses Council
Section 2: Building Community
Biomimicry, Biophilia, and Building Community
William D. Browning, Rocky Mountain Institute
The Mystic View Task Force
Anne Tate, Abacus Architects & Planners
Daniel DeLisi, Vanasse & Daylor
Haymount: Planning a Sustainable Town
John A. Clark, David A. Tice, and Neal I. Payton, The John A. Clark Company and Torti Galklas& Partners CHK
Putting the Emerald Back in the Emerald City
Nathaniel Cormier, Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects
Green Towns
Emilio Ambasz, Emilio Ambasz & Associates
Sydney 2000: The Olympic Village
Neal Ingham and David Winley, Ingham Planning
Urban Revitalization and Rural Restoration in Hoeksche Ward
Matthew Taecker, Calthorpe Associates
Eco-Industrial Developments
Mary Schlarb and Ed Cohen-Rosenthal, Cornell Work and Environment Initiative, Cornell University, Center for the Environment
Reclaiming the Commons
Karl Linn
Section 3: Public Works
The New Reichstag
Norman Foster, Foster and Partners
High Performance Building and Affordable Housing
Patty Noonan and Hon Vogel, New York City Housing Partnership and Jonathan Rose & Companies
Sustainable Affordable Housing
Peggy Huchet, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Green Building Programs: The San Jose Experience
Mary Tucker, City of San Jose, Environmental Services Department
Smart Buildings in the Public Realm
Hillary Brown, New York City Department of Design and Construction
EnCompass: Actual Products, Virtual Tours
Ann Thorpe, King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials
Sydney 2000: The Northern Water Feature at Homebush Bay
Glkenn Allen and Gavin McMillan, Hargreaves Associates
Section 4: Homes and Schools
The Freedom Lawn
Gordon T. Geballe and April Rees, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University
House Reclamations: The Sustainable Offspring of Unsustainable Development
G.T. Overhold, Sustainable Living, Inc.
Seventies Solar: A Personal Account
Philippa Whitcomb
The Hanover House
Marc Rosenbaum, Energysmiths
A Passive Solar, Straw-Bale School
Laurie Stone, Solar Energy International
Solar on Schools
John Rountree, Solar Works, Inc.
Practicing What We Preach
John Schaeffer, Real Goods Institute for Solar Living
Taking the Elective Out of Environmental Education
Wendy Talarico, Architectural Record
Building Dreams: An Interview with Samuel Mockbee
Samuel Mockbee with Mindy Fox
Section 5: Products and Materials
Improving Our Processes and Products
John Spector, Dornbracht, USA, Inc,
Cool Roofs
Wyndham Bearden, American Hydrotech, Inc.
Making Windows Responsible
Jim Nieboer, Pella Corporation
Sustainable Forest Products
Lewis Buchner, VIDA
Bamtex Bamboo Flooring
Phillip Ray, Mintec Corporation
Making Low-VOC Paints
Carl Minchew, Benjamin Moore & Co.
Pretreating Fat, Oil, Grease
Max Weiss, Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co.
Flexible Furniture Systems
Carin Ganz, Bretford
High-Performance Wire and Cable Management Systems
Don Torrant, The Wiremold Company
Durable Furniture
USM Marketing Team, Munsingen, Switzerland, USM Modular Furniture
The Recycled Office
Gary M. Petersen, Environmental Problem Solving Enterprises
Advanced Green Building
Pliny Fisk III, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Section 6: Resources
Wood from Responsible Sources
F. David T. Arens, Rorest Stewardship Council U.S.
Conservation-Based Lending at a Community Development Bank
Laurie Landerso, Steve Gutmann, and Kathleen Sayce, ShoreBank Pacific
How Mortgage Can Make a Difference
Donna Liu, Natural Resources Defense Couoncil
The Commercial High Performance Buildings Project
Michael J. Crosbie and William Jose Higgins, Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
The AIA’s Sustainability Resolution
Sara Malone, The American Institute of Architects
Is There a New Current of Sustainability?
Deborah Dunning, The International Design Center for the Environment
Environmental Building News
Alex, Wilson, Environmental Building News
Green Clips
Christine Hammer, GreenClip
Building Community
Lynne Elizabeth, New Village Journal
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