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- 68F monolithic data centers becoming obsolete
- Confined Masonry Construction performs well in earthquakes
- Convey Computer announces first hybrid-core computer
- Feng Shui and the Art of the Data Center
- Fire Suppression Systems Safety, FM-200 and Novec-1230 (USA)
- Google Presents Early Power Efficiency Techniques
- Google's Five Step Plan for Efficient, Sustainable Computing
- How Solid is Concrete's Carbon Footprint?
- Liquid Granite: versatile as concrete, but made primarily from recycled materials
- Scalable Data Center Design
- Standards-based blade servers due out this year
- Strengths and weaknesses of shipping containers as permanent structures
- The Green 500 List
- The Natural Step is a systematic approach to reach sustainability
- The Pros and Cons of Solid State Disks
- The Role of Modularity in Datacenter Design
Construction Material Resources
- Cement Sustainability Initiative http://www.wbcsdcement.org/ and Sustainable Concrete Construction Solutions
- Hycrete: http://www.hycrete.com/
- Kryton: http://www.kryton.com/
- Moxie: http://www.moxie-intl.com/newconstruction.htm
- Xypex Admix C-500, C-1000, C-2000 http://www.xypex.com/products/product_types.php?pageID=17
- Ph control with nontoxic chemicals: http://www.fortransinc.com/
- Tools for emissions control regarding concrete use. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative: http://www.ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools/cement-sector
- Alternative Masonry Unit project - a system of eco-concrete materials http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/projects/amu
- UC Davis Soil Interactions Laboratory (SIL) - solving soil interaction problems through a fundamental science-based inquiry in a creative, collaborative and interdisciplinary environment. http://www.sil.ucdavis.edu/ SIL has ongoing research in using bacteria and sand to create sandstone as a green alternate to some uses of concrete. See also Magnus Larsson's award winning work (blogged at http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/sandstone.html )
- Straw Bale - tests and research on the material properties of straw bale structures and building codes from the Ecological Building Network http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/strawbale.htm
- Reports on engineering, building codes, and sustainability from the Ecological Building Network including contstruction methods through performance based building codes: http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/engineering.htm
Natural Stone Sustainability Reports
Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE) for determining the emboidied energy and carbon of building materials. http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-eng/sert/embodied/ Wiki: https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/display/ICE/Home+Page