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News
Hobbits Had it Right
The McLaren Tech Center strikes it big by merging with the landscape rather than dominating.
Climate Change, White Roofs, and Common Sense
White roofs are a popular way to “cool” a city down, but are there negative side effects?
Cities hit hardest by rising seas
Calcutta, India leads the list of cities that will be most damaged by rising sea levels. Which two U.S. cities are on the list?
Density: A Path to Better Jobs
Ryan Avent makes the case that density attracts talent and spurs competition, which leads to more opportunities and better jobs in the city.
Empire State Building Gets LEED Gold Rating
The Empire State Building was awarded the top LEED rating today for their massive, cost-saving retrofit. Here’s how: http://goo.gl/6Ij.
Tokyo solar shingle rooftops
Japan’s knee-jerk reaction to the March Fukushima nuclear crisis has sent energy officials scrambling. Their goal: formulate a 21st-century renewable energy strategy, structured around solar, for the mountainous island nation.
Philadelphia’s Radical Green Infrastructure Plan
Philadelphia is taking some major steps to reduce water pollution and green its streets and public spaces by harnessing rainwater.
River Renewal – Mexico City
The Río Piedad–or Pity River–paved over in 1952 to accommodate Mexican automobile travel, embodies the predicament of revitalizing urban waterways.
FEMA Emerges Amid Tornado Rubble
This tornado season has claimed the lives of at least 480 people, making it the most deadly since 1953. Out of the darkness, FEMA’s response evinces its improvements since Katrina.
National Building Museum Presents: Intelligent Cities
Explore connections between tech and cities; from education and energy to gov’t, health care, and transportation at the Intelligent Cities Forum June 6.
Smart community project granted $375,000
EPA awards $375,000 grant to Tompkins County, NY and Ithaca College construction partnership
Climate change: More intense rains could swamp Chicago’s aging sewers
Rains of greater than 2.5 in/day, the amount that can trigger sewage dumping into Lake Michigan, are expected to increase by 50% by 2039
Webisodes
Building Green for the Future
This week, we take you into the classroom and look at how some organizations are hoping that kids will be “sustainability natives.”
An Innovative Approach to Water Conservation
THIS WEEK: Our rapidly increasing consumption of water is creating concerns about what the world would be like without any! One team, however, created an innovative solution to the planet’s quickly disappearing water. Check it out in this week’s webisode!
Empowerhouse: Community-Based Sustainable Living
THIS WEEK: How to turn a Solar Decathlon house into a home. GW students Melissa Turley and Jon Fenech followed Team Empowerhouse through the Solar Decathlon. Their innovation? Making it affordable enough to be a Habitat for Humanity home.
WATCH!
A Solar Conversation with Secretary Chu
THIS WEEK: In this week’s webisode, Planet Forward’s Frank Sesno interviews Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu at the 2011 Solar Decathlon! Chu talks about the coolest innovations, and even wonks out a bit on r-values and building materials.
SD2011 Trend: Green Roofs
Check out this week’s webisode where Planet Forward’s host Frank Sesno speaks with Don Ferrier of the National Association of Home Builders at the Solar Decathlon about the costs and benefits of green roofs.