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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

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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...continued→

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...continued→

China Launches National Green Building Label Campaign

June 25, 2009

Posted by Kevin Mo in Green Enterprise , Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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greenbuildinglabel, greenbuildings, greenbuildingstandard, greencertification, greenlabel, LEED, nationalgreenbuildingstandard

On this surprisingly steamy, 102-degree day in Beijing, more than 400 green building experts from across China gathered in a hotel to launch the 3-star Chinese Green Building Label campaign. Two years ago, China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development...continued→