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Sustainable urbanism
Rail and District Energy: Streets Paved in Better Than Gold
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 12:19pmI'd like to get your opinion: Could use of district energy for heating and cooling help to allow better urban design by increasing value in core area buildings (where it works best)? District energy was a hot topic at Portland's second annual EcoDistricts Summit Oct 25-27, 2010. ... read more »
Rethinking Housing for a New Economy
Submitted by Colleen Foran on Wed, 10/20/2010 - 5:16pm
Will the recent economic crisis fundamentally change the way Americans view housing? New Urbanists are betting that it will – and are seizing the opportunity to direct the conversation towards the benefits of smaller, more sustainable housing.
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Farr from Sustainable: Green Buildings Are Not Enough
Submitted by MattBerggren on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 1:40pmLast Thursday Doug Farr gave a free lecture on Sustainable Urbanism at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, WI. This event was a preview of CNU's 19th annual Congress, which is taking place from June 1-4, 2011 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center as well. In his lecture, Farr discusse... read more »
A One Stop Shop for Sustainability?
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:37pmPlease add your thoughts to the discussion on my Sustainable Industries blog: A One Stop Shop for Sustainability? http://shar.es/m5rSv
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Buy This Book at CNU 18 - Have Your Library Purchase It Too!
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Sun, 04/25/2010 - 12:46pmSustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature by Douglas Farr
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"Rogue of the Week" award from Portland's muckraking weekly
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 9:14amThose coming to the CNU Transportation Summit in Portland next week may want to check out the "Rogue of the Week" award from Portland's muckraking weekly Willamette Week at http://wweek.com/columns/ro
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Beloved and Abandoned: A Platting Named Portland - read before Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:19amFor those coming to the CNU Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland, OR http://www.cnu.org/transportation2009, I'd like to recommend that you read the discussion on Planetizen titled Beloved and Aba
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Sustainable Urbanists should revitalize abandoned cities first.
Submitted by bgrzebik@inters... on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 11:33amA recent article on WebUrbanist's blog, "Abandonment: 8 Cities That Might Not Make It" written by "Mike", (no last name listed), makes me think - why can't we revitalize these cities first before buil
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New Urbanism, Sustainable Urbanism and the Prince of Wales
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 11:18amBlessed are the 'place-makers?'
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Leon Krier talks sustainable architecture and urbanism with Jules Lubbock
Submitted by HDittmar on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 4:55amLeon Krier's new book "The Architectural Tuning of Settlements was published in May by The Prince's Foundation.
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