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Tag Archives: Buildings
Get to GIGA Event on Saturday
For anyone looking to come down from 30,000 feet to get their hands dirty with Green Buildings, then I recommend checking out this Saturday’s GIGA event (1:00 – 5:30pm). Full details are at their website (click here), but here is … Continue reading
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Tagged building materials, Buildings
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IFC Shanghai Built LEED
Was walking through Lujiazui this afternoon and notice this sign in front of Super Brand Mall. Good to see that in an area that seems to see a new sete of cranes every week someone is advertising they are going … Continue reading
Shanghai Agrees to Keep UBPA After Expo
Less than 6 months away, a lot of discussion surrounding the Shanghai EXPO’s green content has been taking place as the pavilions are close to being finished, and a number of initiatives by the various pavilions have themselves looked to … Continue reading
Green Dragon Media Clip: China Urban Billion
“China’s Urban Billion” – Episode Teaser from Green Dragon Media on Vimeo.
JinJiang Express Inn: Few Examples from a Greener Hotel
Here are a few from the Chengdu Jinjiang Express hotel. At 120 RMB a night, the 12 sqm hotel room was literally was packing in as much efficiency as possible. Building materials aside (I thought it best not to rip … Continue reading
Rebuilding Green In Hong Kong
When researching sustainability in the building sector, one will come across a lot of new technologies for how buildings can be made better… meters, cement, solar panels, insulation, and so on. However, at the same time as we are celebrating … Continue reading
First Hotel Designed as Carbon Neutral is … Designed
In another, don’t pop the bubbly story, Patel Architecture Inc. announced that they have completed the design of a 5-Star China Hotel To Be Carbon-Neutral For those of you who are saying… Wait a minute, URBN hotel in Shanghai is … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, build, Buildings, solar, wind
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Ooo.. Ahh.. New Shenzhen Building Powered by Solar Panels and Wind Turbines
In another example of the fact that anything is possible through technology, money, and design, Coop Himmelblau has put forward this creation: The facade’s design is driven by solar and wind powered energy generation. The second skin of the building … Continue reading
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Tagged Buildings, solar, urban planning, wind
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US Grant to Boost Efficient Building in China
With so much of China’s energy waste coming from its buildings (up to 70%), building, operating, and maintaining efficient buildings will need to become a greater focus within China’s overall sustainability strategy. It is a topic that Edward Ziegler has … Continue reading
The Future of Connected and Sustainable Cities
With dozens of cities in China urbanizing all at the same time, and at a pace matched at no time by anyone else, making sure cities are planned and built properly is a must.
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Tagged building materials, Buildings, design, Transportation
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