Greening of Chinatown
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Coming Home
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Toxic Exposure
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How resilience will shape the future of building designBy Molly Miller
Hurricanes, flooding droughts, wildfires, landslides and terrorism. These are the issues we’ll be addressing next in green design — if you buy into the theory that the U.S. Green Building Council’s ubiquitous LEED program helps predict future trends. Past LEED pilot credits have revealed issues we’ve neglected, such as water, transit, acoustics, ergonomics and lighting pollution. |
Solar gives Fresno union apprentices a foot
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Circularity in Cities is about equity, tooBy Molly Miler
Imagine walking down main street America and, instead of cookie-cutter chains, box stores and endless cars, you find a place full of exciting activity — pedestrians, regional food, local character and culture. "It’s all possible. You find it in cities all over the world," says Jeff Mendelsohn, founder of New Leaf paper, and more recently LocalCode, which supports the formation of healthy communities with thriving main streets. |