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Citius, Altius, Fortius: China to pursue world’s tallest green building

October 9, 2009

Posted by Kevin Mo in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
china, climatechange, construction, copenhagencountdown, greenbudingstandard, greenbuilding, greenbuildings, greeningchina, LEED, shanghai, smartcities, smartgrowth, sustainablebuilding, sustainabledevelopment, tallestgreenbuilding, Threestargreenlabel

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games have become history, but the Olympic spirit of "Citius, Altius, Fortius" appears to have been instilled into China's building industry. The 2009 Green Building and Energy Efficiency International Conference hosted by McGraw-Hill Construction in Shanghai...

Beijing's High-Polluting Vehicle Phase-Out Plan Seems to be Working

June 19, 2009

Posted by Kevin Mo in Curbing Pollution , Greening China , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
airpollutionindex, beijing, chinaairquality, greentransportation, highpollutingvehicle, phaseoutplan, vehicleemissiontest

Air quality of Beijing was a focal point both before and during the Olympic Games. After the Olympics, the topic faded out of the media, but Beijing is still working hard to keep the sky blue. According to the Beijing...