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A Historic Moment: USGBC and China GBC signed MOU

April 1, 2010

Posted by Kevin Mo in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Greening China , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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china, chinagreenbuildingcouncil, climatechange, globalwarming, greenbuilding, greenbuildingcertification, greenbuildinglabel, greenbuildings, greenbuildingstandard, greeningchina, leed, smartcities, usgbc

In a hotel not far from the Beijing Olympic Stadium, affectionately named the Bird’s Nest, the CEO of he U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Mr. Rick Fidrizzi, and the Chairman of China’s Green Building Council (CBGC), Mr. Youwei Wang, signed...

From Gray to Green: GHG Emissions Reduction Potential in China’s Building Sector

December 9, 2009

Posted by Kevin Mo in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Greening China , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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buildingenergyefficiency, buildingsector, china, climatechange, cop15, copenhagen, GHG, greenbuildings

After more than 16-hours of air travel I finally landed at midnight in Hopenhagen, the new eponym given to Copenhagen, where UN Climate Change Conference/COP 15 is now underway; some two hundred national leaders have gathered in the hope of  reaching...

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

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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...

Unwavering Determination: Low-Carbon Reconstruction after Earthquake

September 30, 2009

Posted by Kevin Mo in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Greening China , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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china, climatechange, copenhagencountdown, earthquake, globalwarming, greenbuildings, greencommunity, greeningchina, lowcarboncity, lowcarboncommunity, lowcarboneconomy, lowcarbonreconstruction, reconstruction, sichuan, smartgrowth, sustainablebuilding, sustainabledevelopment, urbanplanning

Ever imagine an airport that serves only one route with only one flight that only operates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday? Welcome to Guangyuan in Sichuan Province, a city with 2200-plus years of history. Situated on a flattened top of...

A Tale of Two Countries: Secretary Chu Spoke on Climate Change at Tsinghua University

July 20, 2009

Posted by Kevin Mo in Curbing Pollution , Greening China , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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buildingenergyefficiency, buildinglabelingsystem, china, climatechange, ecocities, globalwarming, netzeroenergybuilding, secretarychu, smartcities, stevenchu, tsinghuauniversity, USChinajointresearch

Two days before Energy Secretary Steven Chu gave a speech at Tsinghua University, the top Chinese science and engineering school where I taught building science 15 years ago, a U.S. Embassy intern sent an email offering seats to the first...