{"id":1110,"date":"2008-12-28T02:30:28","date_gmt":"2008-12-28T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2008-12-28T22:07:47","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T05:07:47","slug":"the-sunday-diigo-links-post-weekly-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2008\/12\/28\/the-sunday-diigo-links-post-weekly-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanraincatchersgazette.ca\">Urban RainCatchers Gazette: Frontpage<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">QUOTE<br \/>\nJudging by what&#8217;s covered in the media, it would appear that so-called &#8220;green&#8221; developers are leading the way when it comes to sustainable water and stormwater practices. But there is plenty of evidence to debunk that myth.<\/p>\n<p>This website will showcase innovation in the public sector, leadership from the grassroots, inspiration from NGOs and &#8211; above all &#8211; partnerships that empower citizens to become part of the solution to floods, droughts and stormwater problems.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/raincatchers\">raincatchers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urban_design\">urban_design<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/water\">water<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/stormwater_management\">stormwater_management<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/green_strategies\">green_strategies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/sustainability\">sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/558360\">&#8220;Treating a city, new houses as twain that meet,&#8221; by Christopher Hume (TheStar.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Discussion of the work of architects Stephen Taylor (London) and Ryue Nishizawa (Tokyo), featured at an exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. Focus on how housing can be integrated into the fabric of the city.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking about this in relation to heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urban_design\">urban_design<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/stephen_taylor\">stephen_taylor<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/heritage\">heritage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rudi.net\/node\/20588\">Big screens go green: NYC screen to be powered by renewables, but could go dark on rainy nights | RUDI &#8211; Resource for Urban Design Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Description of $3m billboard in Times Square\/ NYC, to be powered by wind &amp; solar energy, at a savings of $12-15K per month. This is one of those big, wrap-the-building electronic billboards that resembles a giant TV screen.<br \/>\nQUOTE<br \/>\nFitted with 16 wind turbines and 64 solar panels, the sign will be a first for Times Square.<br \/>\n(&#8230;)<br \/>\nBy generating its own electricity \u2014 enough to light six homes for a year \u2014 the sign could save as much as $12,000 to $15,000 per month, according to Ricoh, which estimated that the sign would prevent 18 tons of carbon from being spewed into the air yearly.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;passive&#8217; sign is not studded with light-emitting diodes like so many others in Times Square, but will be lighted by 16 300-watt floodlights. It will feature custom-printed opaque vinyl sheeting bearing the red-and-white Ricoh logo. The sign will be green, nevertheless, a message &#8216;to customers, other companies and the world that resources and energy can be used creatively,&#8217; Mr. Potesky said. &#8216;The point is that there are ways of being environmentally friendly to the planet, even on a billboard.&#8217;<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/renewables\">renewables<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/rudi\">rudi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/advertising\">advertising<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/billboards\">billboards<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/energy\">energy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/times_square\">times_square<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/555599\">&#8220;Like it or not, condos will keep going up,&#8221; by Christopher Hume (TheStar.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">On the rise of condo living in Canadian cities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/condos\">condos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/cities\">cities<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/families\">families<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/556182\">&#8220;Enhancing city life, one landscape project at a time,&#8221; by Christopher Hume (TheStar.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">QUOTE<br \/>\nFor the last 50 or 60 years, urban topography has been a largely accidental creation. Although planned in every detail, it adds up to less than the sum of its parts. As a result, we inhabit a terrain of unintended consequences. Little wonder, then, that landscape architecture could be to this century what architecture was to the last.<br \/>\nUNQUOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/cloud\/lampertina\">tags<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/thestar\">thestar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/christopher_hume\">christopher_hume<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/urban_design\">urban_design<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/landscape\">landscape<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/parks\">parks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\/landscape_architecture\">landscape_architecture<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/lampertina\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban RainCatchers Gazette: Frontpage QUOTE Judging by what&#8217;s covered in the media, it would appear that so-called &#8220;green&#8221; developers are leading the way when it comes to sustainable water and stormwater practices. But there is plenty of evidence to debunk that myth. 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