Project due to receive recognition at the Passive House Conference in Frankfurt This year’s Passive House Pioneer Award for groundbreaking achievements in the field of energy-efficient construction will go to the Zero-Energy House in […]
The pioneers of Gaviotas have already created a legend – a flourishing community within some of the most desolate terrain in the Andes. Inspired by the original vision of Paolo Lugari, a group […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the most Energy Star certified buildings in 2012, highlighting how owners and managers of commercial buildings across the country […]
Reporting on the latest statistics be released by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, 2degrees‘ Stephen Kennett says that over 1,800 Green Deal assessments have been carried out on domestic properties since the launch […]
Habitat includes humans, too. Our habitat includes the familiar – villages and rural communities, cities and suburbs. We are now at a point where we can develop these habitats in one of two […]
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has unveiled ambitious plans to create the UK’s largest ‘floating village’ as part of his on-going drive to transform London’s Royal Docks bringing jobs, commercial space and homes […]
Re-Posted from 2degrees | written by Stephen Kennett US retail giant Walgreens has announced plans to build what it claims will be the nation’s first net zero energy store. Walgreens is targeting LEED Platinum certification […]
Re-Posted from The Dirt via Grist, author Jared Green. Last month, standing at the Old Capitol Pump House, a restored building along the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray announced the launch […]
The city of Curitiba in Brazil has a population of over 2 million people and 500,000 cars. A highly efficient, reliable and well integrated transport system however, insures that 75% of commuters, some […]
One of the prime examples of industrial ecology is the story of spontaneous but slow evolution of industrial symbiosis at Kalundborg in Denmark.