Regular readers might remember the toilet-flushing video from March that showed ridiculous quantities of carrots, chess pieces, Gummi bears, hot dogs, plastic letters and numbers, grapes, golf balls, and dog food getting flushed. Fun, but it didn’t q…
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September 1st, 2009 | Posted in Books & Media, Product Talk
Men should pee sitting down.
Now before you call me a strident feminist, let me say that I’m backed up on this one by male colleagues and the reasons aren’t what you think. I’m not arguing for toilet equality here.
I’m talking about urine-separ…
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August 18th, 2009 | Posted in Behind the Scenes, Nature & Nurture, Op-Ed, Product Talk
Chart from the feature (requires login):Human Health and Environmental Concerns with Polystyrene Constituents(click image to enlarge)
The August EBN feature article, "Polystyrene Insulation: Does it Belong in a Green Building?" (requires…
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August 11th, 2009 | Posted in Behind the Scenes, Op-Ed, Product Talk
Polystyrene Molecular StructureLet me start by saying that insulation is an absolutely critical component of buildings. I like insulation and I like a lot of insulation. In northern climates, I recommend a minimum insulation value of R-40 in walls, f…
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August 1st, 2009 | Posted in Op-Ed, Product Talk
Ah, if only it were possible to be a fly-on-the-wall in every committee for every standard… I know this is a fantasy only a standards-geek could have, and is one of those fantasies you don’t really want to actualize, but there’s no doubt much of th…
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July 16th, 2009 | Posted in Behind the Scenes, Product Talk
ICFs (Insulating Concrete Forms) are permanent, stay-in-place forms for making insulated poured-concrete walls, floors, and roof decks.
Most of them are made with expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam produced with a non-ozone-depleting blowing agent (u…
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July 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Product Talk
Recently, I broke one of my long-standing rules and blogged about something BuildingGreen-related at my own blog. My Costanzian fears were indeed warranted, and I’ve been egged on to cross-post it to the Live blog. Here she is, warts and all: my unva…
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June 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Behind the Scenes, Books & Media, Case Studies, Miscellania, Product Talk, Q&A, The Industry
The press release says,
This partnership pairs a respected and independent source of green building information with a platform that enhances the usefulness of green product information. The GreenSpec Directory helps the green building community f…
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June 11th, 2009 | Posted in Behind the Scenes, Product Talk
On Friday, May 19, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal published a damning story based on the leaked minutes of a private strategy meeting of food-packaging executives and chemical industry lobbyists that took place in Washington DC the previous day. The …
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June 1st, 2009 | Posted in Nature & Nurture, Politics, Product Talk
A design competition for professionals and students, the Lifecycle Building Challenge is sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Institute of Architects, and West Coast Green. The competition is focused on design for adap…
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May 16th, 2009 | Posted in Awards, Events, Product Talk, The Industry