Smart Growth: A Measure Of Sustainability?
As perhaps the most hands on manifestation of sustainability, the green building movement is exploding.
"From a humble accounting at the end of the '90s of only a few structures designed with environmental sustainability in mind, the list now has expanded to include more than 100 buildings certified using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System created by the U.S. Green Building Council. More importantly, there are some 1200 buildings currently in the pipeline for which the builders are planning on using the LEED approach and/or seeking formal certification... If the dynamic growth of green building is any indication, a LEED standard for community design could be a turning point in the national effort to promote sustainability and smart growth."
Thanks to TLUC Email Newsletter
Published on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 in
Topics
- Report: No City or State in the U.S. Has Enough Housing for Low-Income Residents
- Review: The Hudson Yards Mega-Development, Open to the Public Today
- Proposed Mega-Development Would Expand Chicago's Skyline
- 3D Printing Affordable Housing at Scale
- Home Builders Aren't Building the Smaller Homes the Market Wants
- Study: Density Can Impede Growth
- It Takes a Fatality to Remove On-Street Parking
- 'Urban Luxury' Housing Skyrockets in Texas and Beyond
- Many Norms, Few Plans: Urban Rubble Clearance in the Cities of the Global South
- Concrete’s Contribution to the Rise and Decline of Civilization
- 2018 Survey: Housing Production is Up Around the U.S.
- Transit Ridership Up in San Diego
- Dallas DOT Brings New Mobility Vision to the Region
- More States Look to Expand Tenant Protections
- Santa Monica Pedestrian Mall Wants People to Hang Out
- The Case for Fourplexes in Portland
- Survey Reveals the Market Footprint of Online Grocery Services
- New Approach for the Housing Authority of New Orleans Apparent in 600 New Units
- Scrutiny of HUD Secretary Ben Carson's Schedule
- Zoning Reform Gets Another Try as Massachusetts Wrestles With Housing Crunch
