All publications - Sustainability
Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing
By Global Green USABlueprint for Green Affordable Housing offers specific guidance on incorporating green building strategies into the design, construction, and operation of affordable housing developments. A(...)
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Greening our Built World: Costs, Benefits, and Strategies
By Greg KatsGreening our Built World reports the results of a large-scale study based on extensive financial and technical analyses of more than 150 green buildings in the U.S. and ten other countries. It(...)
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Green Building Trends: Europe
By Jerry YudelsonThe “green building revolution” is a worldwide movement for energy-efficient, environmentally aware architecture and design. Europe has been in the forefront of green building technology, and(...)
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Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems
By Peter Newman and Isabella JenningsModern city dwellers are largely detached from the environmental effects of their daily lives. The sources of the water they drink, the food they eat, and the energy they consume are all but(...)
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Resilient Cities
By Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather BoyerHalf of the world’s inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation(...)
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