Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I have periodically written on the theme of buildings claiming to be "green" when they aren't, really, because their location causes more problems than their on-site technology solves. (For an example, see my post about a new corporate headquarters in...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Hey, it’s not just me. The amazing Todd Litman, who has literally written an encyclopedia of information on transportation and the environment, has recently joined the debate on what makes a green building really green.In particular, through his professional home...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
According to a story in the New York Times:“METTAWA, Ill. — HSBC, the giant London-based bank, has moved its North American headquarters to a sprawling facility that it bills as carbon neutral in this hamlet about 30 miles north of...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Thanks to my NRDC colleague Nancy Stoner for pointing me to a great new article about green roofs on the msnbc web site. We’ve been struggling a bit within the environmental community to agree on techniques for watershed protection that...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Hello. My name is Kaid and I’m a new urbanist. (All together, now: “Hello, Kaid.”) No, really. New urbanists - members of the school of architecture and planning that advocates compact, walkable, mixed-use communities - catch some grief in the...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
It couldn’t be easier: just enter the address, click the button, and up pops your score on a scale of 1-100. See if your score is better than that of your friends or competitors, and then brag about it –...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
In my previous entry, I name-dropped the great modernist architect I.M. Pei. Most architecture buffs and probably quite a few readers know that his firm, Pei Cobb & Freed, designed many striking buildings that are regarded as icons of our...continued→
