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Jean-Loup Msika

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I am a visual artist and an architect, a senior associate with DesignAidd architects, NYC. http://jlmsika.com/ and the founder of Sustainable City Project http://sustainable-city-project.com/
which has endeavored to research alternative urban forms which will allow to achieve measurable results in the management of energy and the integration of free, clean and renewable solar energy, through the establishment of global carbon footprints per acre of the different comprehensive urban forms.

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Passive Solar at a City-Wide Scale, Starting with Hudson Yards, NYC

With the present major challenges to energy management (climate change + danger inherent to nuclear plants + instability in the oil producing middle-east + the Gulf oil spill, etc..etc….) it is essential to develop sustainable neighborhoods which will be: specifically designed so as to integrate efficient passive solar concepts and truly walkable, pedestrian friendly, with... Keep reading

Passive Solar at a City-Wide Scale, Starting with Hudson Yards, NYC

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