S.F. JOINS THE GREEN TREND NEW DEVELOPMENT

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Sunday, February 4, 2007 | Patrick Hoge

[MinorityRepublican]

[MinorityRepublican]

I'm not sure if I'll visit the "green" building, especially if it contains waterless urinals. Now what to do about that "smell"?

[RedStateRocker]

Believe it or not the waterless ones at one a place I've been to work fine, no smell. Pretty amazing. As with the 'global warming' stuff, once you get past the hype (and the B.S. of giving money to 3rd world countries) conservation and efficiency make good, old fashioned sense.

[Anti-Bubba182]

SF is Sodom & Gomorrah with nice decorating. The more stupid and self destructive their policies the better.

[fieldmarshaldj]

You mean the Eau du San Francisco smell ?

[centurion316]

ping

[Swordfished]

I especially like #9, Bicycle racks and staff showers.

Riding your bike to work is great (I've done it) but depending on how long, difficult, and/or how warm the weather is, it can make for a very uncomfortable start to your day. Showers would be great.

[Condor51]

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, buildings use more than 70 percent of the nation's electricity and more than 50 percent of natural gas. Roughly 15 million new buildings are expected to be built by 2015.

Well the 'obvious' solution is that everyone live in Mud Huts lit by candles.

[MinorityRepublican]

You're right. Personally I think much needs to be done to encourage more exercise at work, because it will make the workers healthier and thus more productive at the end.

[lesser_satan]

It's San FranSicko. The whole city smells like that anyway.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ah, yes. Butt and eggs.

[Old Professer]

Just pretend you're in Oakland.

[Old Professer]

It still comes down to, "Turn out the lights..."

[Dallas59]

Well it's find and dandy to be "green" as long as it's not against any law to just be alive.

[sionnsar]

THis is all part of the "US Conference of Mayors Resolution No. 50". You want an interesting read, take a look at the Resolution #50 (PDF), in particular the last line to see how fiscally "responsible" this is.

This is echoing through my industry. As I recall from researching this a few months ago this resolution was orchestrated by the The American Institute of Architects (AIA), who then took it as a call by which they could then get the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) to push forward very quickly on its guidelines for green & energy-efficient buildings (not a bad thing in and of themselves, actually, but like any new technological direction quite expensive if pushed too far too soon), and the latest ASHRAE president is pushing this *very* hard.

IMHO, cities who push this too quickly will soon find themselves in decline, in terms of their building stock. The only thing that annoys me about seeing Seattle go down this route is that it will push more liberals out our way.

[sionnsar]

I especially like #9, Bicycle racks and staff showers.
Riding your bike to work is great (I've done it) but depending on how long, difficult, and/or how warm the weather is, it can make for a very uncomfortable start to your day. Showers would be great.

I did that, summer and winter (excepting only illness and ice), until I bought a house from where it's too dangerous to ride. I miss the quiet ride along the river, away from the roads, even if it meant two showers a day.

[elkfersupper]

Well it's find and dandy to be "green" as long as it's not against any law to just be alive.

That's next.

[Professional Engineer]

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, buildings use more than 70 percent of the nation's electricity and more than 50 percent of natural gas.

Who'd have thought it. I mean, don't bicycles and footballs need power too.

[Professional Engineer]

#6: $$

#3: $$$$$

#5: Something I'd like to try at home. Of course HOA "architectural " committees will have conniptions (NIMBY) about this idea.