News & Views

July 31, 2006, Monday
By Erik Engquist
Standards to affect $12B in projects; officials scramble as rules deadline looms

Beginning in January, the "green buildings" law will require most city-funded projects to meet an eco-friendly standard that few developers attempt to reach.

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Europe's scorching and leathal summer of 2003 was even worse than we thought. Because heat waves are silent killers, only long after the heat wave is past can we compare fatalities to "normal" years to understand the full human toll. Get the grim news here.

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The UN Environmental Programme knows that sustainable building is a key to sustainable development. Can nation based green building standards be coordinated? What should global standards for sustainable building include. For a first look at the UNEP Sustainable Building and Construction Initiative Visit »

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Since nearly one out of every four people on the planet lives in China, the Huangbaiyu village experiment, a Sino-American collaboration to create a green, low-energy village, is newsworthy, but is it a sustainable solution? For the village master plan and some on-point related articles Read More »

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Under the European Union's emissions trading scheme, the German government announced plans to issue more "generous" carbon pollution credits to domestic industry. Will the European Commission approve?
Find Out »

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