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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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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

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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

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Green Dragon Media Clip: China Urban Billion

“China’s Urban Billion” – Episode Teaser from Green Dragon Media on Vimeo.

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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