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Jan

Developing a People-Centred Approach to Green Building

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Buildings

by Forum for the Future

Ratings schemes like LEED add credibility to 'green' and 'energy efficient' new builds, but often only cover a building’s potential performance as opposed to what happens when people start inhabiting it. A new scheme from India is aiming to address this. Read more

Jan

Changing Times: How the Economy Affects Housing and Transportation

Categories: Buildings, Residential, Transport, USA and Canada

Tags: cc, denver, washington dc

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by Claire Perkins

The recession has altered our living, employment and transportation patterns. Some of the natural effects of a roller-coaster economy are reflected in housing patterns and residential development. Let's see where some of the U.S. markets are in relation to housing and transportation patterns. Read more

Jan

A Home Built Entirely from Waste

Categories: Buildings, Residential, UK

Tags: Brighton

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by Forum for the Future

Old toothbrushes, cut-up jeans and mattress filling: landfill fodder, or the building blocks for a family home? According to a team of engineers in the UK, it’s the latter. In fact, these items are being put to use in the construction of the UK’s first permanent building made entirely from waste. Read more

Dec

Buildings and Sustainable Cities: 5 of the Best Blog Posts of 2012

Categories: Buildings

Tags: best of 2012, cc

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by Joe Peach

Buildings are one of the biggest consumers of energy in a city, and therefore represent a massive opportunity to make our cities more sustainable. Here's 5 of our favourite posts from 2012 about buildings. Read more

Dec

Building for a Changing Climate

Categories: Buildings, Components, UK

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by Forum for the Future

Changing temperatures will affect weather patterns, and in turn create more extreme weather events and knock-on impacts for, well, everything. So how can our buildings sit lightly on the earth as well as withstand the vagaries of a changing climate? Read more

Dec

Can Carbon Capture Technology Help Clean up Construction?

Categories: Buildings, Components, USA and Canada

Tags: Halifax

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by Forum for the Future

Concrete, the world’s most abundant man-made substance, ranks second to coal as the world’s dirtiest industrial material. Now, a company in Halifax, Canada, is working to make concrete plants carbon neutral, using captured CO2 to improve their product. Read more

Nov

New Technology Pipes Daylight into Windowless Rooms

Categories: Asia and the Pacific, Buildings, Components

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by Forum for the Future

An innovative technology from a recent South Korean and British joint venture promises to deliver natural daylight to windowless spaces through a series of high-tech pipes, without heat gain or loss. Read more

Nov

Could Air-Cleaning Skyscrapers Create a Sustainable Chicago?

Categories: Buildings, Components, USA and Canada

Tags: Chicago

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by Global Site Plans - The Grid

An innovative air-filtration system is the central feature of the proposed CO2ngress Gateway Towers, a skyscraper project envisioned by two students at the Illinois Institute of Technology. But how practical is it? Read more

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