The Atlanta Beltline will affect dozens of neighborhoods in a 22-mile circuit around the heart of Atlanta. Here’s why they’re planning to use streetcars rather than light rail — as well as an explanation of the differences between the two.
Talk about a green home! This house in Yichun City, China, gives new meaning to the phrase green building. Photographed on July 26, the creeper-blanketed home is regarded as a naturally air-conditioned building and provides cooler indoor air than traditional buildings.
| — | Congress New Urbanism on its campaign to get FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to finance more pedestrian-friendly homes. |
Southern Co., the dinosaur of the utility world, has now declared new coal plants a dead end due to competitive prices of natural gas. The April 18, 2011 Energy & Coal Price Report reports that Southern Company (parent company of Georgia Power) told the North Carolina Coal Institute spring meeting it has no plans to build any new coal plants.
Meanwhile, Cobb EMC is looking to spend about $4.4 billion to build two new plants.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases a report on the potential role for renewable energy technology through 2050.
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Complete streets are streets for all people
They are streets where all road users have a safe place to travel. These are settings where
• Parents can safely walk their kids to school.
• Bike commuters can easily pedal to work.
• Senior citizens can comfortably wait for a bus.
The Complete Streets movement is a national campaign quickly gaining momentum throughout the nation in large cities, small towns, and everywhere in between.
Complete Streets in Chicagoland - Complete Your Street
[Source: ATA]
Could this be integral in repairing urban sprawl? While living in urban sprawl a major issue I have noticed is the inability to walk or bike along some roadways. The shops and amenities of my town are not too far away, they just lack sufficient (and/or safe) pedestrian/bike access.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkqhfa7XUL1qe21vqo1_500.jpg)
Complete streets are streets for all people
They are streets where all road users have a safe place to travel. These are settings where
• Parents can safely walk their kids to school.
• Bike commuters can easily pedal to work.
• Senior citizens can comfortably wait for a bus.
The Complete Streets movement is a national campaign quickly gaining momentum throughout the nation in large cities, small towns, and everywhere in between.
Complete Streets in Chicagoland - Complete Your Street
Could this be integral in repairing urban sprawl? While living in urban sprawl a major issue I have noticed is the inability to walk or bike along some roadways. The shops and amenities of my town are not too far away, they just lack sufficient (and/or safe) pedestrian/bike access.
In a new whitepaper, “2011 Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments – Expanded Data Center Classes and Usage Guidance,” published by ASHRAE Technical Committee (TC) 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment, a roadmap has been outlined to facilitate a significant increase in the operational hours during which economizer systems are able to be used, and to increase the opportunity for datacenters to become “chillerless,” eliminating mechanical cooling systems entirely, in order to realize improved Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).
ECOVIE (pronounced ‘eco-vee’) Rainwater Collection Systems (www.ecovieenvironmental.com), the Atlanta-based rainwater management company, is teaming up with the Atlanta Braves and Turner Field to capture, use and manage water for the 2011 baseball season. The 1,500 gallon, co-branded tank is being installed in Monument Grove at Turner Field during the Braves’ upcoming road trip.
