Sentences with phrase «sustainable urban design»

Since the CCGT opened its doors, and largely thanks to the example it set, Chicago has become a model of sustainable urban design.

According to experts, sustainable urban design needs to take into account citizens» emotional responses to their environment.

Not exact matches

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

In an article in this week's Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, from AIP Publishing, the authors present results indicating that an optimally designed VAWT system can financially compete with fossil - fuel based power plants in urban and suburban areas, and even spearhead the development of a net - zero energy building or city.

«The material was designed on the basis of The European Commission's request to develop an affordable, sustainable and innovative design - driven material solution that can reduce the concentration of particulate matter in urban areas.»

«It is good to get economic numbers on the likely effect of urban heat island mitigation,» said Rohinton Emmanuel, a professor of sustainable design at Glasgow Caledonian University who works on the impacts of urban heat islands.

These challenges will require new policies and approaches to urban planning, and building designs driven by appropriately derived guidelines to achieve the required sustainable pathway trajectory.

Brisbane, Queensland About Blog A sustainable fashion and lifestyle hub designed to help you navigate the urban green living jungle and be inspired to live a little more sustainably.

Brisbane, Queensland About Blog A sustainable fashion and lifestyle hub designed to help you navigate the urban green living jungle and be inspired to live a little more sustainably.

Since 2003, Real School Gardens has been coordinating closely with urban school districts and communities to design and install sustainable school gardens that raise hope, spark imaginations, and connect children to nature.

Steps from Los Angeles» major freeways, Environmental Charter Schools campuses are oases in an urban landscape and incorporate sustainable green features in their designs.

The Web site of the Partnership for Sustainable Communities (a joint effort of DOT, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency) is another clearly written and well - designed site.

Brisbane, Queensland About Blog A sustainable fashion and lifestyle hub designed to help you navigate the urban green living jungle and be inspired to live a little more sustainably.

The hotel buildings have been sensitively refurbished by Matteo Thun & Partners to incorporate sustainable, modern and elegant design, bringing the historic buildings and parklands of Isola delle Rose back to life as a world - class urban resort.

Brisbane, Queensland About Blog A sustainable fashion and lifestyle hub designed to help you navigate the urban green living jungle and be inspired to live a little more sustainably.

In March 2012 the Pratt Design Incubator, which is a part of the Center for Sustainable Design Studies at Pratt Institute, was cited in the Center for the Urban Future report «Designing New York's Future,» as a prime example of an initiative that fuels new businesses and spurs economic growth.

Three new projects by Zao / standardarchitecture rethinking Beijing hutongs — traditional, dense urban dwellings connected by courtyards and narrow alleyways — offer sustainable design solutions to overcrowding, while preserving the local character of Chinese neighbourhoods that developers and the government have been systematically replacing with Western - style condominiums.

The founding director of the building community WORKSHOP (bcWORKSHOP), Brown has received a great deal of recognition for his socially conscious design concepts, including the 2007, 2008, and 2010 Awards for Excellence in Community Design and Sustainable Design by AIA / Dallas and most recently, the 2010 National AIA / HUD Secretary Award for Community - Informed Design by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects for his Congo Street Green Initidesign concepts, including the 2007, 2008, and 2010 Awards for Excellence in Community Design and Sustainable Design by AIA / Dallas and most recently, the 2010 National AIA / HUD Secretary Award for Community - Informed Design by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects for his Congo Street Green InitiDesign and Sustainable Design by AIA / Dallas and most recently, the 2010 National AIA / HUD Secretary Award for Community - Informed Design by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects for his Congo Street Green InitiDesign by AIA / Dallas and most recently, the 2010 National AIA / HUD Secretary Award for Community - Informed Design by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects for his Congo Street Green InitiDesign by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects for his Congo Street Green Initiative.

Resource - efficient, relatively cheap to build and symbols of a simpler lifestyle, tiny houses have been characterized as an alternative for affordable home ownership, rehabilitation of vacant urban land and even an educational tool for sustainable design.

Today's feature, «Slippery Shelves» by Cambium Studio, are available in bamboo, though can also be built with other sustainable woods like coconut palm, FSC - certified walnut, and salvaged urban trees, and they're designed for people on the move.

As I did the other day, I described the excitement surrounding an engineering contest I judged this week in which middle - school students from around the country presented their sustainable and energy - smart urban designs:

And while this isn't the first urban farming project of its kind — it's actually based on a project developed by Curtis Stone in British Columbia, Canada — Grove says that the Orlando group has «tweaked Stone's design a bit to make Fleet Farming even more sustainable, adding the bicycle brigade and using more permaculture techniques.»

EarthSong Eco-Neighbourhood has long been at the cutting edge of sustainable design and urban permaculture.

July 8: «大脚» 革命 ： 可持续未来的城市规划与景观建筑 (The Big Foot Revolution: Urban Design and Landscape Architecture for a Sustainable Future)» by Dr. Yu Kongjian, professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Peking University.

We have consulted internationally for city governments, developers, schools and non-profits, and we are proud to share our knowledge and expertise in the growing fields of urban agriculture, green roof design, green infrastructure, and sustainable development.

Mikaela is the founder of the apparel start - up ARJUNA.AG, a sustainable clothing company that aims to mitigate urban environmental health challenges through the integration of design, technology and education.

The model community of UniverCity is a living, growing testing site for the most innovative urban planning concepts and building designs necessary for the creation of an ecologically robust and economically sustainable future and the home of the UniverCity Childcare Centre Living Building.

Eddie is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture's Graduate Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development, where he teaches courses that apply basic principles and practices of city planning and urban design to specific topical projects.

Steps from Los Angeles» major freeways, Environmental Charter Schools campuses are oases in an urban landscape and incorporate sustainable green features in their designs.

He lectures on sustainable design and building at the University of Auckland, runs the Auckland office of the Building Biology and Ecology Institute and is the author of the book «A Deeper Shade of Green — Sustainable Urban Development, Building and Architecture in New Zealsustainable design and building at the University of Auckland, runs the Auckland office of the Building Biology and Ecology Institute and is the author of the book «A Deeper Shade of Green — Sustainable Urban Development, Building and Architecture in New ZealSustainable Urban Development, Building and Architecture in New Zealand».

Alternatively, REED students interested in sustainable agriculture can learn the basics of organic farming with a vision to design urban gardens and systems to promote local food production.

In addition to our expertise in designing and installing green roofs, green walls, and organic urban farm systems, our team can provide business planning support, program design, and insight into integrated sustainable design for new construction and building retrofits.

A growing number of cities are designing policies and programmes on urban agriculture, applying multi-stakeholder planning approaches to identify effective ways to integrate urban agriculture into urban sector policies and urban land use planning and to facilitate the development of safe and sustainable and multi-functional urban agriculture.

«(n) the promotion of sustainable settlement and transportation strategies in urban and rural areas including the promotion of measures to --(i) reduce energy demand in response to the likelihood of increases in energy and other costs due to long - term decline in non-renewable resources, (ii) reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and (iii) address the necessity of adaptation to climate change; in particular, having regard to location, layout and design of new development.»

Based on the goals of «Urban Habitats,» a design competition held in 2005 by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the Charlottesville Community Design Center for the redevelopment of a local trailer park, this book frames sixteen design opportunities for affordable, dense, compact, and sustainable hodesign competition held in 2005 by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville and the Charlottesville Community Design Center for the redevelopment of a local trailer park, this book frames sixteen design opportunities for affordable, dense, compact, and sustainable hoDesign Center for the redevelopment of a local trailer park, this book frames sixteen design opportunities for affordable, dense, compact, and sustainable hodesign opportunities for affordable, dense, compact, and sustainable housing.

The Program Manager will work directly with city staff around the country on bike share, equity, cycling, and other issues in sustainable transportation, urban planning, design, and policy.

An independent jury will evaluate the architectural design and urban planning aspects of the submitted projects with special attention given to the use of renewables in sustainable energy supply concepts.

Urban Re: Vision is a San Francisco - based, internationally partnered sustainability group whose main focus is finding fresh ideas and ways to look at building and design, so that we can radically alter how we construct our world and make it sustainable

Brooklyn - based sustainable design think tank Terreform ONE (Open Network Ecology) goes even further, proposing this digitally fabricated Urban Farm Pod as one way that families can grow food at home, and have a new hang - out space too — combining furniture with farming.

Just recently we showed a traditional one in Oregon, but are back to form with the R - House, the winner of a design competition «provide a new model for formerly vital, urban residential neighborhoods throughout the United States through the creation of sustainable, affordable housing.»

But in coupling community design initiatives like Canstruction with other food security and local urban planning programs (like rescuing food «waste», permablitzes, community and roof gardens), it could be a multi-pronged and creative way to tackle hunger, poverty and sustainable food issues in our cities, starting with one can.

I found myself in one of those happy circumstances a little ways back at an event titled «Understanding Urban Sustainability: One Block at a Time,» hosted by the Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design (CUISD) and the Fourth Arts Block (FABnyc).

A+D Gallery Jimena Acosta Emiliano Godoy More on Environmental Art + Design Exhibitions Dispatches from Designboost: The Sustainable Design Exhibition Recycled Oil Drum Art Exhibition Open Today for SEED (Smart Environmental Efforts in DUMBO) Amazingness - An Exhibition About Urban Nature 1 % Water and Our Future: Art + Design Exhibition Gets Creative With H2O GROW: Solar / Piezoelectric Concept Comes to MoMA

Toronto, Ontario About Blog Architecture Lab is an architecture and urban design magazine dedicated to architecture, urban design, research studies & sustainable design Frequency about 6 posts per week.

Brisbane, Queensland About Blog A sustainable fashion and lifestyle hub designed to help you navigate the urban green living jungle and be inspired to live a little more sustainably.

India About Blog Urban Design Collective (UDC) is a collaborative platform for the creation of livable & sustainable cities through community engagement.

Toronto, Ontario About Blog Architecture Lab is an architecture and urban design magazine dedicated to architecture, urban design, research studies & sustainable design Frequency about 3 posts per week.

Portland San Mateo About Blog SERA is a Portland - based Architecture, Interior Design and Urban Design & Planning firm that specializes in sustainable placemaking at all scales.

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