This event from Smart Urbanism will ask: ‘How can we put in place the conditions for many small positive activities to emerge and create a thriving, adaptable and sustainable urban realm?’ Prof. Kelvin […]
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As a leading promoter of organic architecture and developer of the Usonian home concept, Frank Lloyd Wright was probably well qualified to say of trees: “The best friend of earth of man is […]
How a township has set high standard for eco-friendly living Founded in 1968 on highly eroded land north of Puducherry (Pondicherry), Auroville is based on Aurobindo’s spiritual philosophy of human unity. Today it […]
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First established in 1987, Crystal Waters in the Australian state of Queensland has since received the UN World Habitat Award for its ‘pioneering work in demonstrating new ways of low impact, sustainable living’. […]
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Smart Cities are Evolving and Growing. OVUM and INFORMA TELECOMS & MEDIA are joining forces in 2013 to bring you a next generation FutureCities event. Too many smart city conferences do not distinguish […]
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened its new ultra-efficient corporate office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, supported by Atkins as sustainability consultant. The four-story, 208,000 square-foot building was recently awarded the city’s first double Leadership in […]
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BUILDING BETTER: Certificate Course for Sustainable Building Practices and Policies Date: June 3-7 , 2013 Last date for applying: May 20, 2013 Course module: Understand sustainability by deconstructing green building sector Design Technologies […]
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Europe’s biggest inner-city development project. With the development of HafenCity on the Elbe waterfront, Hamburg is setting new standards. By 2025 a city brimming with life will have taken shape on a site […]
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The Passivhaus standard originated from a conversation in May 1988 between Professors Bo Adamson of Lund University, Sweden, and Wolfgang Feist of the Institut für Wohnen und Umwelt (Institute for Housing and the Environment, Germany). Their concept […]
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The winner will of the annual European Green Capital award will be announced on June 14th in the 2013 European Green Capital Nantes, France. The following cities have made the final shortlist: Bristol (UK) Brussels […]
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