We do plan to mix a couple of regular blog-only departments with occasional entries from some of our regular contributors. For example, Howard McKew, P.E. is launching a regular series there about working within the LEED® process. He'll take advantage of the medium by providing some downloadable spreadsheets, matrices, etc., along with his posts, so you can apply them as tools in your own work. In the name of conservation, we're recycling the "Sustainable & Attainable" name of the previous column by Kevin Dickens, P.E., who might also drop by the blog with some unrelated thoughts of his own from time to time.
More columnists, advisors, and engineers from around the industry may do likewise. A blog is perfect for a quick opinion or anecdote that doesn't warrant a full column. The neat thing about the blog is that is allows room for reader comments about a particular entry. Thus, after an initial 20-second registration process, you can provide your feedback instantly, and authors or readers can respond to your comments, and so on. You can see how a blog lends itself to exchanging ideas - or more dynamically, the evolution of a given idea - in a much more fluid way than a print magazine or even a regular website can.