Urban Land - August 2009 - Table of Contents
Lean and Green
New sustainable design strategies, materials, and modeling tools are enabling the mainstreaming of green development projects.
Feature:
A New Shade of Green
Matt Canterbury
New design strategies, energy-efficient materials, and innovative building technologies are helping take green mainstream.
Regenerative Design
Jason King and Scott E. Thayer
Sustainable design and planning strategies are setting new standards for green development projects that integrate the social, economic, and environmental needs of communities.
Modeling High-Performance Buildings
Robert Bolin
Sustainability and modeling tools, which enable multiple energyefficient design strategies to be evaluated in a short period, are driving today’s high-performance buildings.
The Race to Clean Energy
Patricia L. Kirk
With 2050 fast approaching as the deadline for replacement of fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy resources, scientists around the world are working to expand the use of alternative energy and development of new technologies to ramp up production, storage, and distribution of clean energy.
Harnessing the Wind
Jerry W. Szatan
In recent years, the use of wind power has grown rapidly in the United States—and is poised for greater growth if transmission and political challenges can be met.
Developing Biofuel Research Facilities
Rob Lynch and Ralf Elsaesser
The convergence of environmental awareness, scientific innovation, political will, and entrepreneurship has pushed forward the development of alternative-fuel technologies.
Q&A with Green Leaders
Charles Lockwood
“Worldwide, we will see more nations forming green building councils, and millions of buildings constructed or retrofitted to green standards. The financial and environmental benefits are too compelling for this not to happen.”
Developments
U.K. Approves Only One-Quarter of Ecotowns; Proposes Zero-Carbon Standard by 2016
Patrick L. Phillips Named ULI Chief Executive Officer
BREEAM Introduces New Rating System for Sustainable Communities; Pilot Tests with MediaCityUK in Manchester
ULI Energy Efficiency Exchange Set for Launch on Web
Solar-Powered City in Sunshine State Sets Example for Sustainable Design
Plans Unveiled in Chicago for First Smart Grid for U.S. Commercial Building
ULI Releases Recommendations for Transportation Reform
Real-Time Carbon Counter Launched in New York City
First U.S. Solar Highway Installed in Oregon
Recession Watch:
Land Writes
The Greening of Egypt
Sam Ali
Egypt intends to create a nationwide green building code and to join the World Green Building Council, an effort that presents daunting challenges—and the possibility of substantial rewards—to a developing country that wants to follow the path of sustainability.
China’s New Real Estate Opportunities
Malcolm Riddell
China presents new opportunities for foreigners to invest in Chinese real estate and for U.S. and western property owners to sell to Chinese investors. Foreign investors are finding opportunities not only in Chinese property and operating companies but also in the assets owned by cash-strapped western firms.
Global Investing: Keep it Simple
Paul Phillips
While the long-term strengths of regional economies may not be clear, the short-term reality of pricing core opportunities at value-added prices is clear.
Dialogues
Dialogue: Policy
Climate Change: The Good, the Bad, and Obama
Edward t. McMahon
The recently passed U.S. economic stimulus plan includes numerous provisions—and billions of dollars—aimed at advancing the energy and climate change agenda.
Dialogue: Climate Change
Betting on Market-Driven Solutions
Chandran Nair
The global public good should not be placed on the sacrificial altar of the private interests of unregulated financiers. Governments, not solely the market, should be involved in alternative energy industries.
Dialogue: Environment
Q&A With Fred Krupp About Cap and Trade
Ron Nyren
The president of the Environmental Defense Fund talks about emissions cap-and-trade systems, the potential for integrating renewable energy sources into buildings, and methods for minimizing greenhouse gas emissions in the production of building materials.
Dialogue: Energy
Renewable Communities
Susan Fine and Caroline G. Harris
By increasing renewable energy resources at a community level, the value of foreclosed homes could be raised while reducing the carbon footprint on a community-wide basis.
ULX
Residential Green
Ron Nyren
Ten multifamily housing developments give high-density living an even greener spin.
Proactive
Capital markets
Applying Responsible Investing to Green Building
Kirk Sykes
A recent real estate investment strategy emerging out of the smart growth and sustainability movements takes green to the next level by marrying business interests with environmental and social goals.
At Issue
Initiatives to Set Up Cap-and-Trade Programs
Jerry W. Szatan
While federal legislation is being debated, coalitions of states and provinces have been developing and implementing regional cap and trade programs to control greenhouse gas emissions.
In Practice
Sustainable Development at the Graduate Level
Joan Capelin
Everyone’s talking about “green,” but who’s teaching it—and what’s being taught?
Solution File
In Print, Etc.
Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization
Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives
Trustee Profile
Back Page
Stimulus Package Recharges Renewable Energy
Peter L. Gray
The 2009 economic stimulus package has changed the ground rules for investors. Projects considered unthinkable a year ago are now underway.
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