As cities strive to achieve low carbon outcomes for buildings, one of the major tools at their disposal is a green building policy, such as requiring certification with LEED or other standards. In dense areas, with the right development patterns, cities may also have the opportunity to develop or … Read More
Cloud Computing vs District Energy
Infrastructure: a bunch of people who need the same thing (power, water, or the ability to get to work) find a large scale solution. Cloud computing is another version of this. For a nice writeup on the case for the cloud, see this post on James Hamilton’s excellent blog. To summarize James, most … Read More
“Anything Which Can Be Destroyed in an Action Movie”
A fun piece from John Oliver on infrastructure, which he defines as “anything which can be destroyed in an action movie”[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpzvaqypav8 The message, which you have no doubt heard before, is that we should spend more on infrastructure. What John Oliver misses is … Read More
The Happy City
In his book, Happy City: Transforming our Lives Through Urban Design, Vancouver urbanist, Charles Montgomery, argues that the happy city, the wealthy city, and the low carbon city can be the same place. He describes how the social and energy connections created by living closer to one another can … Read More
