Sustainable design

Philadelphia's Combined Sewer Overflow Control Plan

Philadelphia’s Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan Update seeks to meet regulations of the National CSO Control Policy and US EPA through a comprehensive watershed-based approach. The advantage of this broad approach is that it identifies multiple solutions (land-water-infrastructure based) that are cost effective measures. These solutions are localized site specific improvements to problems caused by the impacts of CSO and non-CSO sources of pollution on water quality.

5 March 2010 - 1:30pm

Sustainable Sites Initiative: A New Stand-alone Rating System

The National Building Museum recently held a session on Sustainable Sites Initiative, which outlines voluntary guidelines for sustainable practices.

20 June 2009 - 9:00am

THE DIRT

Redefining "Comfort" in the Architecture of the Future

Buildings are designed to ensure fully mechanized comfort. Architect Terri Meyer Boake argues that designers need to think in terms of a spectrum of comfort in designing the reduced-impact buildings of the future.

13 May 2009 - 7:00am

Treehugger

The Legacy of Bucky Fuller

The results are in for the Annual Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge. The winning designs include robo-scooters, biocentres, and a "future map".

11 May 2009 - 12:00pm

Seed Magazine

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Top Ten Sustainable Architecture Projects

The American Institute of Architects' Committee on the Enviroment has named its selections for the best examples of last year of sustainable architecture and green design.

17 April 2009 - 2:00pm

ArchiCentral