community energy

Community energy guide published: 'a step change' in community-scale renewable power generation required, says TCPA RUDI subscribers only

April 1, 2008 - The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) and The Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) have published a joint best practice guide, Community energy: urban planning for a low carbon future. more >

We can plan, design, and build for low carbon living Free to all

We can plan, design, and build for low carbon living

As the drivers towards zero carbon development increase, we need to understand which planning, design and construction options can help to achieve it. By Dr Paul Rowley

Can we deliver zero carbon Free to all

Hanham Hall near Bristol is the first site to be developed in the English Partnerships’ Carbon Challenge. The initiative is testing the skills and appetite of developers to meet the zero carbon challenges of the future. EP’s Steve Carr says that Carbon Challenge will ‘set a standard for quality placemaking’

Carbon neutral cities: what will work – and what will not Free to all

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Several ambitious plans around the world envision green cities, but such projects raise as many questions as they promise to answer.

From Arup's Dongtan on Chongming Island in China, which will be powered by wind, biofuels, and solar energy, to Masdar City, Foster's eco city in the windswept deserts of Abu Dhabi, construction is under way on green oases that represent some of the most ambitious urban building projects ever. But can they succeed?