November 2010
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October 2010
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An eco-city in Portugal that its makers are aiming...
IF TODAY’S cities were living things, they would be monsters, guilty of guzzling 75 per cent of the world’s natural resources consumed each year.
Now a more benign urban creature is set to emerge. The planned city of PlanIT Valley, on the outskirts of Paredes in northern Portugal (see map), is aiming to be an environmentally sustainable city. And, just like an organism, it will...
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July 2010
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Struttura del Piano Azione Eneria Sostenibile di... →
Il 16 luglio 2010 la Commissione Consiliare 2 del Comune di Piacenza discute del Piano, dopo l’introduzione di ARPA - Rapporto Ambiente 2009 - e le slide presentate
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Smart Grid Disconnect?
urbantrekker:
What’s missing here? According to a recent survey, “[n]early 70 percent of Americans have never heard the phrase “smart grid.” However, once they are learn more about the subject, they expect utilities to deliver.
What have you seen, experience?
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Il Piano di azione energia sostenibile di... →
Il 28 aprile 2010 Avigliana approva il primo piano PAES in Italia
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SEAP_template_instructions.pdf (Oggetto... →
Istruzioni e template per il Sustainable Energy Action Plan
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3Como.pdf (Oggetto application/pdf) →
linee guida redazione PEAS - versione 124 pagine
Patto_dei_Sind__Redazione_di_un_PAES.pdf (Oggetto... →
linee guida per la redazione del Piano di azione energia sostenibile
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covenant_it.pdf (Oggetto application/pdf) →
Il testo del Patto dei sindaci
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Public bike programs are just one of many bike-centered tools used by city...
– Gary Gardner, senior researcher at Worldwatch “Power to the Pedals” | Worldwatch Institute
Time for a tuneup.
(via drwh0)
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hellowontyoutellmeyourname:
Ellen Dunham-Jones talking on Retrofitting Suburbia, on TED.
As interesting as her ideas may be, they are questionable:
If redevelopment of the suburbs is the answer to urban sprawl, why are there so many movements (i.e. Save our Suburb) against it? Maybe because urban planners often try to impose their ideas onto the community without first consulting or...
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Smart city a Piacenza →
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