Climate Change

District energy systems/shutterstock

District energy planning embodies a paradigm shift in urban planning which includes utility services as a component of community development. As district energy is reimagined in the city planning process, new models of development, governance, and financing are being considered for these systems.[read more]

new urban planning for Asia?

To Huang, global warming and the energy crisis go hand in hand. He believes that China needs to go toward a transit-oriented and sustainable urban form. High speed rail oriented city clusters (or TOD, transit oriented development) are his goal for China.[read more]

Logo from NYIT Energy Conference

Sustainable Cities Collective will be covering the NYIT Energy conference Thursday, 6/13, from 9-4 pm. Follow us @sustaincities ! The “NYIT Energy Conference: Preparing for Climate Change”- will cover emerging topics in energy storage, resilient infrastructure, and emergency preparedness for cities around the globe.[read more]

sustainable energy for all?

 

The World Bank’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative focuses on how to get “modern energy” to the entire global population efficiently, effectively, and with the lowest environmental and health impacts.[read more]

Portland General Electric

To test demand-response technologies, PGE business customers are volunteering to cycle their heating, cooling and other systems on and off throughout the day or shift their use to off-peak.[read more]

Cities with enough density can promote creativity and resource efficiency at the same time: a win-win solution to both economy and ecology, obtained, counter-intuitively, in town.[read more]

turbulence and change

Communities should not have to re-organize themselves after every disruption. We as planners and designers should foster adaptability in our communities that enables them to withstand, and even prosper with changing circumstances.[read more]

urbanism in Africa

The Urban Intelligence Unit of Future Cape Town recently attended the Africa Urban Infrastructure Summit. Our researchers report back on their insights on the conference presentations and the ideas discussed during the summit.[read more]

urban air quality

Air pollution needs to be dealt with in a more holistic manner, wherein major contributors, like industries, power plants, and vehicles are addressed together. No one policy is sufficient to deal with this multi-faceted problem.[read more]

green roof in Kabul

Upon identifying the specifics of climate change, we can create relevant methods within our communities to internalize these specifics and to develop strategic, pro-active responses to contend with the harsh reality of climate change.[read more]

Urban resilience/shutterstock

Maggie Comstock, a global policy wonk on green buildings and cities, spoke with SCC about global sustainable development trends and the emergence of resiliency planning for cities around the world.[read more]

urban green revolution

With global carbon dioxide levels at a historic high, something major needs to happen if we are to get anything close to a sustainable use of the planet’s resources. Could a ‘green revolution’ in cities be the solution?[read more]