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Audio Library
Sustaining the City: Urban Ecology
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
Speaker Timothy Beatley discusses sustaining the city and urban ecology.
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Commemoration and Symbolic Narrative
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
A panel made up of Judy Scott Feldman, Lawrence J. Vale, and Michael Z. Wise discuss commemoration and symbolic narrative.
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
Framing a Capital City
April 11, 2007
Welcoming remarks to the Framing a Capital City symposium by Earl A. Powell III, John V. Cogbill, III, and Robert Ivy. Organized collaboratively by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National Building Museum, this symposium provides an opportunity for scholars, designers, policy makers, and citizens to consider how the nation’s capital will evolve in its dual role as a showcase for the nation and a livable city.
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Cost Saving Innovations and Sustainable Design Deliver High Performance at Homewood Middle School
Building in the 21st Century
April 10, 2007
Homewood Middle School is the first LEED certified (silver) building in Alabama. H. Jay Enck, president of CxGBS, will discuss how he helped the team implement sustainable development goals and provided engineering/consultation services for the Homewood School project.
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Spotlight on Design: James Corner
Spotlight on Design
April 3, 2007
James Corner, ASLA, gives a Spotlight on Design lecture on reinvigorating contemporary landscape design in the United States and abroad. His work breaks down traditional barriers to reveal landscape architecture as a process.
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Retailers Reap Savings by Cutting Energy Costs
Building in the 21st Century
March 20, 2007
Paul Torcellini, commercial building team leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has worked on a diverse set of smaller retail buildings. He shares real-world examples in which energy conservation benefitted retailers, including a spa in Washington, DC, a visitor’s center/bookstore, a home improvement center, and a pet supply store. Torcellini reviews the decision-making process that determined what efforts made sense, and provide insights on new technologies that enable retail buildings to achieve up to 50 percent energy savings.
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Histories, Herstories, Reappraising the Legacy of American Architecture
Women of Architecture
March 15, 2007
Women in the architecture field discuss the legacy of women architects in America and to celebrate women’s history month.
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Spotlight on Design: Jane Werner and Julie Eizenberg
Spotlight on Design
February 22, 2007
In a moderated discussion, Jane Werner, director of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, and Julie Eizenberg, AIA, principal of the Santa Monica-based firm Koning Eizenberg Architecture, discuss the successes and challenges of using the museum’s mission as a starting point for sustainable design.
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The Continuing Evolution of Energy-Efficient Facilities at Wal-Mart
Building in the 21st Century
February 14, 2007
Charles Zimmerman, P.E. vice president of prototype and new format development for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., reviews the company’s efforts in daylight harvesting, heat reclamation, LED lighting technology, Energy Management Systems, Photovoltaics, and Solar Walls, and provides insights on where some of the newer initiatives are headed.
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