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Developer News & Notes
Sustainability, Market Trends, Energy Efficiency, an Executive Q&A on Mixed-Use Properties and more…
Ben Hecht Pushes for Social Investment in America’s Cities
Ben Hecht is getting ready to celebrate his one-year anniversary as president CEO of Living Cities, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that unites private foundations, financial institutions, and public agencies to broadly invest in cities across America.
Is LEED Relevant in Development?
Seal of Approval- Nearly 15 years after it was introduced, LEED is still the dominant green standard. But is that a good thing?
Water Conservation Strategies for Developers
The Colorado River’s level is at a 40-year low, and Atlanta’s watershed is suffering after the
second-driest year since 1931. These kinds of conditions alone strain water supplies.
“As population centers grow, the amount of surface water may not increase,” says Ken
Rainwater, director of the Water Resources Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
“Extended droughts can deplete reservoirs and threaten municipal supplies.”
Smart Metering
Get Smart - Smart metering is poised to replace the bulky energy hardware eating up valuable space in your developments. Inconvenient or not, the evolution from the 1973 OPEC oil embargo to Carter’s energy crisis to brownouts and blackouts and the advent of the hybrid passenger vehicle leads to at least one irrefutable truth: Energy is on our minds.
