The newly built Astra Tower filters air for its own residents and for the city.
A new high-rise building in Salt Lake City uses an air filtration system to clean air as it enters the building’s 372 residential units — and return it to the outside air cleaner than it went in.
As Nate Berg explains in Fast Company, architects HKS designed the building with a single point of entry for its air, which is then filtered and delivered to its interior spaces. “Astra Tower—now the city’s tallest building—shares air quality with residents (via in-unit monitors) and the city using exterior color-coded LEDs updated with data from the EPA and NOAA.”
FULL STORY: This luxury condo is giving Salt Lake City’s air quality an upgrade
Report: 75% of NYC warehouses are in 'disadvantaged communities'
Low-income New Yorkers are 1.2 times more likely to live within half a mile of a warehouse.
Study: Airborne tire pollution is harmful to human health
Rubber particles that wear off tires combine with other chemicals to create harmful airborne pollutants.
Study: Pavement covers 40% of Phoenix
A new study reveals how ultrafine particles emitted by pavement worsen air quality.
The state-sanctioned urbicide of Austin
People don’t kill cities. Freeways do.
US to reduce Colorado River water deliveries to Mexico
A new Colorado Treaty amendment reduces Mexico’s Colorado River water allocation by 250,000 acre feet.
New Jersey’s second-largest city bans standalone data centers
Jersey City will continue to allow co-location facilities, such as those meant for research institutions that store their own data.
Amtrak not solely to blame for New Jersey commuter rail's unreliability, report finds
A new study from the Garden State Initiative found that NJ Transit’s budget grew 20% across a 4 year period, but reliability declined significantly over the same period.
EPA erases limits on planet-warming pollution from power plants
Under Monday’s plan, power plants would still have some limits on how much mercury, arsenic and other contaminants they can emit.
Phoenix announces new on-demand transit service, more frequent RAPID buses
Both new services will launch in October, and are part of Phoenix's Project Effective Access Solutions for Easing Congestion.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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The Architects Foundation
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