重建綠色快樂驛站

位置：路易斯安那州新奧爾良

????杜蘭大學（Tulane University）建筑學院的院長肯尼思?施瓦茲表示，新奧爾良可以說是一個“三位一體”的城市,?！叭灰惑w”是指三個特征——美食、好聽的音樂和偉大建筑——即新奧爾良的三張名片,。

????施瓦茲希望,，以建筑為出發(fā)點，啟動綠色倡議,，把杜蘭大學的建筑物作為新奧爾良其他建筑的典范,。新奧爾良市并非共和黨的大本營。事實上,，在卡特里娜颶風過后,，新奧爾良市曾為爭取災后重建支持而不懈斗爭。

????施瓦茲促成了杜蘭大學與國際商務機器公司（IBM）的合作,，為大學的百年建筑理查德森紀念館（Richardson Memorial Hall）重新鋪設電線,，并利用最先進的技術來監(jiān)測建筑的光、電和能源使用情況,。作為建筑專業(yè)學生的實體研究設施,，該紀念館使學生們能夠利用系統(tǒng)產生的數據，更好地了解傳統(tǒng)建筑中能源的使用情況,。理查德森紀念館將被認證為LEED鉑金獎,，這是能效建筑的最高獎項。

????施瓦茲表示,，這一鉑金認證“不是一塊簡簡單單的牌匾,。我們希望通過它能夠表明，歷史性建筑和21世紀的新建筑能一樣實現綠色節(jié)能,?！?/p>

????他表示，路易斯安那州的環(huán)保不分黨派,?！肮娏私狻⒁蚕矚g他們居住的環(huán)境,，”因此,，他們支持對現有建筑的改造——保持建筑的外觀完好無損,，同時又能降低能耗。

????施瓦茲希望能通過杜蘭大學頒發(fā)可持續(xù)建筑開發(fā)碩士學位,，以便更好地宣傳這一理念,。

Rebuilding a greener Big Easy

Location: New Orleans, La.

????New Orleans has something of a holy trinity, says Kenneth Schwartz, dean of Tulane University's architecture school. He's referring to the three attributes -- great food, great music, and great architecture -- that make up the fundamentals of the city's identity.

????Schwartz wants to use architecture as a jumping-off point to launch green initiatives, using Tulane's buildings as an example for the rest of the city. While New Orleans isn't a particularly red city, it has struggled to get the resources needed to rebuild post Katrina.

????Schwartz helped seal a partnership between Tulane and IBM that will rewire a century-old building on campus, Richardson Memorial Hall, with cutting-edge technology that can monitor the building's lighting, power, and energy usage. The building will function as a living research facility for architecture students who can use the data generated to learn about energy in old buildings. It's also going to be certified as LEED Platinum, the highest standard of energy efficiency.

????The platinum certification, Schwartz says, will be "more than just a plaque on the wall. We're hoping to demonstrate how a historic building can operate as 21st century architecture."

????That's a goal that, in Louisiana, isn't split by party lines, Schwartz says. "The public knows and loves the place where they live," and can therefore get behind retrofitting existing buildings -- keeping the building's integrity intact while cutting energy costs.

????Schwartz intends to spread this message even further by offering a master's degree in sustainable real estate development at Tulane.