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Inspiring Local Change on a Grand Scale
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A Watershed Moment for Greenbuild?
Over 35,000 people have converged on San Francisco to take part in the green building industry’s biggest annual trade show, with over 1,000 vendors exhibiting in all three halls of the Moscone Center. LEED, and USGBC, the organizer of the conference...
Energy Efficiency State Of Mind
A couple of weeks ago, I had the chance to attend ConEdison’s C&I Energy Efficiency Summit here in New York, designed to showcase the latest technologies, best practices, and energy management strategies for building owners and operators.The...
Live from CNU 20: The Economic Benefits of Good Urbanism
One of the best panels here at CNU today discussed quantifying the benefits of new urbanism and smart growth in a comprehensive manner. It featured Joseph Minicozzi, New Projects Director at Public Interest Projects, Galiena Tachieva, partner at DPZ...
The New World At CNU20: A Storified Post
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Live from CNU 20: Tactical Urbanism at NextGen
We’re live from CNU 20 in West Palm Beach, Florida and the first day has kicked off with NextGen, a one day Congress of the next generation of urbanists discussing some of the most innovative trends in the field of urbanism as well as the major...
From Ingenuity to Implementation: Urban Ideas in Action
Over 180,000 people move into cities every single day. This has enormous infrastructural implications, from accommodating new hospital patients and updating sewer infrastructure to increasing energy production to serve new residents. The worlds’...
Interview with Curitiba Deputy Mayor Luciano Ducci
Right after the Siemens Panel at the World Mayors Conference, we had the chance to catch the deputy mayor of the winning city, Curitiba’s Luciano Ducci. HWhat does Curitiba winning the “Siemens Latin American Green City Index” mean to you? We are...
Live from Mexico City: Siemens Latin American Green City Index
We were fortunate enough to be invited to attend the presentation of the Siemens Latin American Green City Index this morning. It’s a cooperation between Siemens and the Economist Intelligence Unit that evaluated 17 major Latin American cities on...
Live From Mexico City:How Can You Change the System When You Are Only Given 1 ½ Minutes?
Mayors from around the world as well as policy officials from the EU and the U.S. government and the U.N. have been gathering here for the UCLG meeting in a lead-up to COP16. We were fortunate enough to catch a panel on where cities fit into...
