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First Aired - 06/27/2010 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Carmen and Alice discuss that omnipresent, brown, sturdy friend: wood. Kevin Yardley of Diamond Tropical Hardwoods stops by the studio to talk about the history and inherent mystique of one of the most utilitarian, versatile, and downright majestic plants on Earth.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Wood! (19:39)
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We Dig Plants, Carmen DeVito, Alice Marcus Kreig, Roberta's, wood, natural composite of cellulose fibers, in a living tree wood transfers water and nutrients to the leaves, wood feels alive, Manzanita tree, Kevin Yardley, Costa Rica, protecting the environment, deforestation, endangered species of trees, Tiger Wood, Mahogany, Purple Heart, what makes wood such a great material?, durability, peak wood, trees need to be kept in their own environment, Mango Wood, helping third world countries, Costa Rica will turn it around, great tourism, one third of the employees are illiterate, helping teach children,Kevin Yardley from Diamond Teak (13:55)
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green labeling, Kevin Yadley, Diamond Teak, FSC, Forrest Stewardship Council, certifying tree plantations as sustainable, Smart Wood Program, Grain Cross, LEED Certification, what's the relative advantage of Teak?, Teak has natural oils, you cannot buy Ipe legally in Costa Rica, reforesting, Kevin is not a big fan of jungle woods, you need to chain an environmentalist to every tree in the jungle to save them, slash and burn agriculture, most trees in the tropics are cut to clear land,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 07/23/2009 08:00PM
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On this episode of Burning Down the House Curtis B. Wayne poses the question: Recycling; bonus or bogus? Guests: interlocutor Katie Keiffer and Michael Cockram, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation at Univ. of Oregon.
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Recycled Materials with Michael Cockram (18:31)
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Curtis B. Wayne, Michael Cockram, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation at the University of Oregon, The Italy Field School in Oira, University of Arkansas, Fay Jones, traditional building materials, sacho sona cavona, Ossola Valley, heavy timbers, laying stone, granite, reused materials, working in the vocabulary of the space, Iron Age, Celtic Tribes, Pre-Etruscans, University of Oregon, conduit, tensile qualities, regraded and stamped, reclaimed cheaper, used, The Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living, mortar, architect, brick, Associazione Canova,Popular Recycled Materials in NYC (19:09)
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Brooklyn, Joe Pepe, M-Fine, Roberta's Restaurant, Hector Ducci, Gennaro Church-Brooks, ecobroker, salvage demolition areas, timber, seal and joist, reprocessing on the premises, furniture, southern pine, furniture grade wood, amber, steel can be softer than old wood, white woods cheaper, tongue and groove, Ecosystem of exclusively Yellow Pine, Yellow Pine Forests of Georgia, green builder, Home Depot, conduit, dumpster diving, salvaged wood, Build It Green NYC in Astoria, cast-iron radiators, Chinese new billet steel,The Green Movement and Green Organizations (11:45)
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sustainable, first to reclaim, the Green Movement Boom, reclaimed cool factor, Generation X and Y, Gotham Forrest, FSC, Forest Stewardship Council, meaningless certification, McMansion, wasteful dumpster, pressure treated wood is toxic, creasoak lumber, Katy Keiffer,Black Locusts and Moving Forward with Organizations (11:04)
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black locust is rot resistant, honey locust, the tree of Brooklyn, farm fence posts, industrial revolution, creasoak wood, hemp plant, pilings, the building materials vernacular, USGBC, United States Green Building Council, Henry Gifford, LEED buildings, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, BioHouse, Passive House, Build It Green NYC, M Fine Lumber, EcoBrooklyn.com, the weed tree,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/14/2009 01:00PM
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Patrick, Mark, and Ed talk about keeping industry sustainable and green with guests Curtis Wayne, Chris Diamond, and Meredith Bergmann.
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Introduction & Curtis Wayne (12:59)
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Mark turns 43 tomorrow, Green Industires, LEED, Leadership in Energy and Envirnomental Design, luan wood is not green, helping architects construct their dreams, computers are isolating the new generation of architects, new buildings in New York, realizing potential with empty buildings, breaking new ground with design, neighborhood community board, zoning laws in new york, it takes years before construction ever starts, there are underground streams, sometimes building construction can affect a neighbor building, New York has a lot of good bedrock, Brooklyn is more of a sandbar, Curtis Wayne,Construction Sustainibility with Curtis Wayne & Chris Diamond (15:20)
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Chris Diamond, sustainibility consultant with Steven Winters, Chris helps make buildings more sustainable, buildings are taking the most energy to build and sustain, New York buildings are up for a century or more, shipping container is repurposing something that's already had a life and therefore sustainible, using virgin steel is okay when longevity is in mind, make sure you don't illuminate a room when it's not being used, energy management systems are becoming more prevelant, cut down energy consumption by turning off lights, daylight sensors, payback on energy management system takes twelve years or less, energy costs are subsidized in the United States, energy bill pays for the fuel and the infrastructure, acid rains from coal burning plants make huge coal ash piles, these ash piles are a risk and are hidden from the public, the new all glass skyscrapers aren't so bad, the materials that bond the glass together are not efficient, mass versus glass, glass coatings keep heat out, in the end glass will never perform that well, factories converted into lofts are efficient, carbon footprint of producing cement is pretty high, the composition of concrete has been changing, fly ash, connected back to the way romans made concrete with volcanic ash, climate determines energy technology, glue, in the late 1970s Germany started climate change discussions, Germany made naturally efficient cooling buildings, gadgety buildings, Seamans, control systems, Romans didn't make tall buildings, caulk guns and spray foam can help,Seal Tight and Ventilate Right (16:40)
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the best way to reduce energy is to seal the building, seal tight and ventilate right, controlling radiators, costs fifty dollars to put a control on a radiator, fresh air shafts do not provide fresh air, furniture and carpets affect air quality, bamboo flooring, natural wall coverings, master switch to kill all lighting circuits, Ikea is a good company, green label plus certified carpet, FSC wood, particle board is evil, what are the benefits for having more green and sustainable materials, Battery Park City Housing Authority standards are a great place to research, the European Union has great energy standards, American private industry has stepped up, zero VOC plywood, Huffington Post, Viacom building has a fresh air shaft, Energy Star is a result of the first energy crisis, our government is lagging far behind, environmental toxins could be a culprit in autism, Hearst Corporation had one of the first post 9-11 green buildings, how the average person makes a change,Green Media Solutions with Meredith Bergmann (22:30)
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green film productions, conservation comes from good planning, the film industry is about money, it's difficult to make a greener production, recycling and waste is an easy way to help, LED technology has become useful in the studio arena, biodiesel saves money on a film shoot, biodiesel is cheaper in the east, hybrid cars were used 45 perent of the time on the film shoot, where are these companies in the environmental arena, the Producers Guild of America has been instrumental, www.PGAGreen.Org, digital films make a difference in the environment, catering was all organic, saved about 14,000 plastic water bottles by using metal instead, Focus Films, www.greenmediasolutions.net, this movie inspired NBC to change its thoughts on Green, 30 Rock is very green, Meredith Bergmann, Green Media Solutions, Meredith explains a film shoot, Brooklyn stages, Paramount, Fox, Universal, Disney, Away We Go the movie, Meredith prevented 49 percent of waste going to the landfill on the Away We Go shoot,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
