Sustainable Architecture
LEED as a starting point for sustainability
Once you’ve reached your certification target on LEED you may start asking yourself, now what? That is the question facing the owners and operators of over one billion square feet of commercial space that have obtained LEED status under the [...]
Subways: the new energy source
A large number of people use public transport each day to get from one place to another. In Paris, France, the Metro is a very common option for daily travelers, providing an easy way to go wherever they need. For [...]
New step for green lighting thanks to OLED technology
Technology moves forward really fast. And, luckily, it does too green lighting technology. Recently LED technology, a much more efficient lighting and displaying device than conventional ones has come up strongly. But parallel, a LED based technology has been developed [...]
The San Francisco Bay Area, the new electric vehicle capital of the US
The San Francisco Bay Area is ready to install 50 fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) stations along highways, 2,000 public stations for public parking lots and participating company-owned parking lots, and 3,000 residential charging stations. This will be possible thanks to [...]
EU and biofuels, paying more attention on bio
In the international year of biodiverstiy the EU is encouraging industry, governments and NGOs to set up certifications schemes to ensure biofuels help cut emissions and do not threaten biodiversity. Under the EU Renewable Energy Directive, established in 2009, the [...]
Hidden connections: Fuzzy global problems and systems thinking
Current global problems are fuzzy and complex. Poverty, climate change and resource depletion remain as challenges for which current values and a ways of thinking need to be changed. Systems thinkers such as Dr. Fritjof Capra, among others, propose new approaches that contribute to more sustainable views of life on Earth.
Meeting of the minds 2010: cities can be more sustainable
We have seen, here in Sustentator, many examples of cities working hard to become eco-friendlier; Adelaide, Malmo, and Curitiba, among others. In June this year, an important event will take place, in which the private and public sector will be [...]
Marks & Spencer’s impressive “Plan A”
Marks & Spencer is a major British retailer, with over 1,700 stores in the UK and around the world. There’s no doubt that its impact is huge, so the fact that the company has great environmental plans is fantastic. Leaders [...]
University of British Columbia developing the greenest building
The University of British Columbia, in Canada, started building last September what is being referred to as the potentially greenest construction in North America. It will be home to CIRS (Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability). The required investment has [...]
Sustainability on TED
As my plane was leaving LA after TED2010 and I watched the curious man-made landscape of circling streets and repetitive housing, I thought of the provoking book by Stewart Brand called Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto which stated some [...]
Lolland Island combines wind energy and fuel cells
We’ve seen in a couple of previous posts how Denmark is making great progress in advancing towards a more sustainable future. Today we’ll analyze the case of Lolland, a Danish island that is combining wind power with fuel cells to [...]
Peter Senge’s Necessary Revolution
In his latest book, MIT professor Peter Senge claims that our current way of living is to blame for the climate crisis we are in. Senge describes how the manner in which things work right now is leading us towards [...]
