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Zero Net Energy – July 23, 2019

July 23, 2019 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Zero-energy demonstration project in Beijing made from pre-fab timber … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: architecture, buildings, ecology, energy, environment, Green New Deal, planning, real-estate, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018 By gmoke 2 Comments

Design for World’s First Energy Positive Hotel in the Arctic Circle https://snohetta.com/projects/366-svart https://inhabitat.com/snohetta-unveils-designs-for-worlds-first-energy-positive-hotel-in-the-arctic-circle/ Editorial Comment: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, city planning, climate-change, ecology, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, environment

Getting to Net Zero: Cambridge, MA

March 26, 2015 By gmoke Leave a Comment

For the past year, the Cambridge, MA city government has had a Getting to Net Zero Task Force studying the implications of a net zero energy building requirement. They finished the draft report on March 16, 2015 and will have an open forum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, cambridge, construction, district heating, ecology, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, environment, housing, ma, municipal government, net zero emissions, net zero energy, renewable, solar

Urban Agriculture

March 9, 2015 By gmoke 3 Comments

Here's the text of a presentation I did March 4, 2015 at Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Building Energy conference in Boston, MA. This was the first time the conference addressed urban agriculture. Everybody eats and it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, architecture, boston, cities, design, environment, food, gardening, Milan

Cities Scale: Boston Living with Water

February 25, 2015 By gmoke Leave a Comment

Cities scale is where real climate change adaptation is taking place, now, whether or not we have national or international agreements on greenhouse gases. Cities and regions have to deal with weather emergencies and, it turns out, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, boston, cambridge, cities, climate-change, design, ecology, environment, mit, sea-level-rise, urban planning

Reprogramming the City

September 22, 2013 By gmoke Leave a Comment

There's a great exhibition at the Boston Society of Architects down by South Station called "Reprogramming the City" (http://bsaspace.org/exhibitions/reprogramming-the-city/). It is all about small but significant design tweaks for urban … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: architecture, boston, cities, design, ecology, environment

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