Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Habitat for Humanity's East Bay affiliate is retrofitting a brownfield into 54 affordable homes on two acres of land in Oakland, California. With excellent location, walkable density, great design, and green features, the Edes Avenue project is participating...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I make no pretense of objectivity on this one. I've been working on LEED for Neighborhood Development for seven long years. It's now finished and awaiting final approval by the three founding partners - NRDC (in consultation with the Smart...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
This is the final installment of three parts that I have been writing on the new LEED for Neighborhood Development standards, which are open for public comment until June 14. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. Today I am...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
As I wrote yesterday, the LEED for Neighborhood Development partnership (US Green Building Council, Congress for the New Urbanism, and NRDC, representing the smart growth community) has published a fully revised set of standards for public comment. Comments will be...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
I've now been working on LEED for Neighborhood Development for seven years. That's longer than anyone else who is currently involved, though architect Doug Farr has been in our merry band for almost as long. NRDC has been a sponsor...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Today is Earth Day 2009, and I would like to salute a few friends and fellow travelers whose names are far from well-known but whose dedicated, behind-the-scenes work on behalf of our planet deserves to be recognized. I'll put it...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Nashville's emerging new city neighborhood, The Gulch, was once a decaying old railyard adjacent to a freeway near Music Row and the city's downtown. Now on its way to becoming a showcase of urban revitlization, The Gulch is the South's first LEED-ND...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
As I suspect most readers of this blog already know, NRDC has been one of the founding partners in LEED for Neighborhood Development, the national program to rate and certify smart growth projects. (The other two lead partners are...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
One of the most popular tags on the overall Switchboard site is "markettransformation." I'm a believer. Not everything we need for sustainability can be accomplished through policy initiatives (the current feeding frenzy at the trough of "stimulus" notwithstanding). And...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
Every time I hear R.E.M.'s catchy hit single from the 1980s, "Don't Go Back to Rockville," the visual images that crop up could hardly be worse. The song refers to Rockville, Maryland, along with Tysons Corner one of the DC...continued→
