In 1935, Eleanor Roosevelt came to Detroit to break ground for construction of the first federally funded public housing development–townhouses and towers for the city’s African-American “working poor” that at full expansion contained as many as 10,000 people. By 2012, the Brewster-Douglass Projects had been demolished…
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Global cities that are committed to some version of carbon neutrality by 2050 have a daunting set of challenges to figure out. Chief among these is how to eliminate the use of natural gas as a fuel for electricity generation and building heating. In most cities,…
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April 27, 2018 | Cities, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Energy Efficiency
Whatever cities do to curb the GHG emissions within their boundaries, it won’t be enough if they don’t ensure that all new buildings constructed during the next decades are decarbonized. In many cities, new construction to accommodate growing populations is a major potential source of emissions.…
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August 21, 2017 | China, Climate Innovation Laboratory Cities, Consumption Reduction, Energy Efficiency
SHANGHAI – The price of a ton of carbon emissions reached a high of 36 yuan, about US$6, the other day on this city’s unique trading exchange, which regulates more than 300 local enterprises, including the world’s busiest port, and the enormous Pudong airport. Shanghai’s four-year-old…
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