Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water and so on are moved efficiently from producer to user, and that waste is removed. The urgent need to make the way …

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The October 2010 Alternative Technology Association (ATA) ebulletin features: ATA National Feed-in tariff survey – are you on a good deal? Green landlords take a bow – ReNew magazine’s Green Landlord Award Green Building Design Forum – Tuesday 12 October, …

ATA ebulletin: Green Landlord Award, Green Building Design Forum, Smart cities and urban farming, and more Read more »

Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a …

Global model confirms: Cool roofs can offset carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate global warming Read more »