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...Christchurch's smartest places to stay, the spectacular Otahuna Lodge, www.otahuna.co.nz, is almost a reason to visit in itself. The nation's largest private historic residence was reborn as a small luxury hotel after a multimillion dollar renovation in May 2007, and today houses a superb art collection courtesy of its new American owners, Hall Cannon and Miles Refo. After a five-course degustation menu by chef Jimmy McIntyre in the clubby Victorian-era dining room, you can warm yourself by the fire (the lodge contains 14 working fireplaces) before retiring to one of seven expansive suites fashioned by Auckland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When You're in Christchurch | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

...money-saving energy conservation strategies: temperature set-point changes, motion-sensing light switches, light bulb change-outs, and solar panel installations, among others. By lowering the winter heating set-point to 68° and raising the summer cooling set-point to 75°, the FAS will reduce its multimillion-dollar heating and cooling budget by an estimated 3 percent annually. This change has the added benefit of reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions by 1,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCDE) annually. FAS will continue to pursue such energy conservation strategies. As part of this process, an audit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: List of FAS Budget Measures, May 11 | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...Council voted to allocate $3,000 of the surplus money in its Operations Fund to house student staffers for the UC’s recently-announced capital campaign, which aims to raise funds to purchase a student community center. At present, talks on this front have focused on the multimillion dollar 45 Mt. Auburn St. property that currently houses the Democracy Center. According to Senan Ebrahim ’12, the UC hired four students—Abel Acuna ’11, Dana M. Kase ’11, Christopher G. Kleinhen ’10, and Winnie...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: UC Passes Bill To Up Number of Reps | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...from the White House, where Lincoln and his family sought relief from the summer heat during the Civil War. The cottage and its surrounding buildings were made a national monument in 2000, and in preparation for its opening last year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation carried out a multimillion-dollar renovation. But preservationists didn't just restore the buildings. They greened them, beginning with the Beaux Arts house next door that now serves as a visitors' center. Renovators kept 98% of the house's existing walls, roofs and floors and used recyclable material for the rest. Large windows were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greening This Old House | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...million in cash bonuses over the next five years. One of the executives, James Forese, is a co-head of Citi's Institutional Client Group, which lost $20 billion in 2008. Forese is rewarded $5 million under the plan. At least 15 other Citi executives are in line for multimillion-dollar payouts. Citi declined to say how much in total it has promised under the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Citigroup Plans Big Bonuses Despite Rules Against Them | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

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