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Archived News
Eco College Challenge
January 6th, 2007
The Vanderbilt Bio-Diesel initiative is competing for a $25,000 grant to
help build their system. Please visit the website and vote for
Vanderbilt.
http://www.ecocollegechallenge.com/
The Wilskills group has been chosen as a finalist (out of 100
entries) for a $25,000 grant for the biodiesel project. See the
website below for more info, to view their video, and to vote for them.
Other finalists are MIT, UVa, UMich, Northeastern U, USC, UMass, and
others.
The grant will be awarded to whomever gets the most votes online. So,
please feel free to pass along through your network of like-minded
associates as Wilskills would very much appreciate their votes.
Councilman: Eco-designs will help city turn over green leaf
January 6th, 2007
Tennessean - Every large building that Metro government builds from now on should meet a set of environmentally friendly design standars, according to a city councilman who has recently pushed some private developers in the same direction.
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Purcell Pledges to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
January 5th, 2007
Tennessean - Mayor Bill Purcell has signed on to the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement which sets goals for cities to reduce greenhouse gase emissions.
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Phillip Nappi
January 5th, 2007
Phillip Nappi founded Tennessee Waste in 1999 with a 1984 model truck, 42 Dumpsters and no employees. Seven years later the company has grown to become the largest privately held hauling company in Middle Tennessee and employs more than 35 people, with 15 trucks, 17 routes and more than 750 Dumpters on site.
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Green Guidelines Issued
Tennessean
December 19th, 2006
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House in Joelton to be Built of Straw Bales
Tennessean
November 29th, 2006
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On the Roof, Nature Takes Root
Tennessean
November 27th, 2006
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Interior Design Industry Enjoying a 'Renaissance'
November 27th, 2006
City Paper - The office of new Nashville firm Interior Design & Architecture, located in a renovated space within the Bank of America Building downtown, resembles an art gallery more than a
cube farm.
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'Green Movement' leader likes Nashville's Prospects
October 26nd, 2006
City Paper - S. Richard Fedrizzi, arguably the nation’s leading spokesman for the “green building community,” will speak in Nashville tonight regarding where the movement is and where it is going.
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Rick Fedrizzi's Presentation from Green Tie Gala
October 27, 2006
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Area Builders Going Green
Tennessean
October 23rd, 2006
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The Greening of Campus Life
October 3rd, 2006
Grist - The dawn of the new school year has brought with it a corps of fresh-faced ideas and initiatives aimed at making colleges and universities cleaner and greener. And, like any freshman class, they are all beaming with potential: Most will succeed, a handful will excel, and a few will end up disappointing their parents.
The greening of academe is nothing new, but it seems to have taken root in a big way. Today, it's not just about doing a few good, green things -- recycling, buying green energy, building green buildings, and all the rest -- and it's not just about saving money or being seen as a good neighbor. It's about being seen as a sustainability leader in order to attract students, funding, and media attention.
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Green Day
September 28th, 2006
Nashville Scene - In a perfect world, we would not recycle. At least not in the way we do it today. When soda cans are recycled, their aluminum is melted along with the paint and coating used to color them, and the resulting product is actually weaker.
Recycled paper requires extra bleaching to make it blank again. Eco-friendly clothing is sometimes advertised as being made from recycled plastic bottles. But consumers don’t realize that those bottles may contain toxins and antioxidants that were never designed to be woven into fabric that would touch human skin. Continued...
Noted Architect to Visit Nashville, Lecture on Sustainable Building
September 22th, 2006
City Paper, Nashville - Nashville’s architecture, engineering, environmental and planning communities are looking with great interest to the impact of next week’s presentation by William “Bill” McDonough.
McDonough is the founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architecture and Community Design, and has garnered national recognition for his progressive views regarding the melding of the manmade and natural environments. He will present in a lecture format “Building Toward a Sustainable Future,” Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. at Vanderbilt University’s Benton Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Continued...
USGBC Signs Principles on Climate Change
August 9th, 2006
Recognizing the need for action, USGBC has signed the The Wingspread Principles on the U.S. Response to Global Climate Change ... Continued
USGBC Partners with Clinton Climate Initiative
August 7th, 2006
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to engage the largest cities in the world through the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group. More...
Builders Find Market By Going Green
Tennessean
July 30th, 2006
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New Buildings Seek Eco-Friendly Certification
June 27th, 2006
NASHVILLE -A new 14-story mixed use building in Nashville’s Gultch area will join the shortlist of projects seeking certification as a “green” development.
Terrazzo, a mix of condominiums, retail shops, and office space on 12th Avenue South and Division Street should be completed in fall of 2007.
Developers broke ground on the 65 million dollar project today saying they will seek certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its energy and environmental design.
That would make Terrazzo the first residential building with such certification in Nashville.
Designers say that it will be so efficient that the bill for water, heating and cooling will only be around 60 dollars a month, but that is if you pay a mortgage of $300,000 to $1.5 million.
Architect Manuel Zeitlin says the eco-friendly building required extensive planning.
“The water that comes out of your air conditioning condensers probably will be used to irrigate the plants so we’re not using extra water to irrigate landscaping. A lot of the materials are going to come from within 500 miles of the site so you’re not wasting energy to bring materials, or you know, ship materials 2000 miles which is often the case.”
Each level of Terrazzo will have a recycling station and residents will even be able to choose the amount of water they flush with their dual valve toilets.
Only five buildings in Tennessee have earned certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. At least one dorm at Vanderbilt University and the new federal court house are among projects seeking certification in Nashville.
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Low-Impact high rises might be next in Franklin
June 12th, 2006
FRANKLIN - Can the high-rise office buildings of Cool Springs ever be perceived as being environmentally benign, like a Williamson County meadow?
Probably not, but developers, nonprofits and municipalities are doing their best to bring "green building" into popularity around here.
Green building - the practice of designing structures that reduce their impact on the environment through design, construction, operation, maintenance, energy efficiency and waste removal - is slowly gaining steam throughout the U.S., and Franklin could soon see its first green buildings. More... |
