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Vancouver's Olympic Village - smart, green & urban
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 4:11pm.Vancouver’s civic leaders believe that the athlete’s village built for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and the planned neighborhood that will surround it, will be one of the very greenest neighborh
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LEED-ND Dilemma
Submitted by burlesona on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 9:31pm.Hi everyone,
I'm working on a project in the Houston region, and we're interested in going for LEED-ND certification. I've run into a problem, however, and I was wondering if anyone had constructive thoughts on what we might be able to do about it. We're land planners primarily, and haven't done any... read more »
LEED-ND works well enough for now
Submitted by LucyGalbraith on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:19pm.As the local TOD-lady, I spend a lot of time trying to explain why transit needs good neighborhood development and why good neighborhood developments need transit.... read more »
We shouldn’t need LEED-ND, but we do
Submitted by TomRichman on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 7:37pm.For over four years as a Core Committee member representing CNU, I participated in the drafting of LEED-ND. It was mind-numbing, complicated, and tedious.... read more »
An Introduction to LEED-ND for CNU Members
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 3:49pm.To encourage informed participation in the LEED-ND vote, the CNU DC Chapter has released An Introduction to LEED-ND for CNU Members.
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Sustainble house in sustainable place : Urban net zero energy home by Farr Associates
Submitted by logannash on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 3:15pm.This morning's Chicago Tribune has a piece on a green-built house that is noteworthy because it is u
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LEED-ND issues
Submitted by Steve Mouzon on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 6:44pm.Nora Beck asked me to post some of my thoughts about the LEED-ND rating system in advance of the upcoming member ballot.
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Have you logged into cnu.org lately?
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 6:36pm.The upcoming LEED-ND Member Ballot will be conducted through the cnu.org website.... read more »
New Urbanists see ally in HUD Secretary Donovan
Submitted by mbittner on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 12:09am.Shaun Donovan set out an impressive agenda for HUD at his speech last week to the NYU Furman Center
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Canons for Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism on line at cnu.org/canons
Submitted by HDittmar on Sat, 03/29/2008 - 11:01pm.Elizabeth Moule, Stefanos Polyzoides and I
presented a document at the Green Council that was intended to serve
as a lesser companion to the Charter in the area of green urbanism and
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