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Mar 11th
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Energy

Solar Fair

Solar Fair

Integration of solar energy generating products into building envelopes and city wide schemes is inspiring the solar energy and building industries to check each other out, reports Claire Saeki.

 

The Global Standard

The Global Standard

An Interview with Rob Watson, Chairman of The EcoTech International Group and founder of LEED.

Despite having vocal detractors in the industry, the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) standard has become the rating of choice for developers in Asia wishing to demonstrate the green credentials of their development. Green building pioneer and “father of LEED” Rob Watson spoke to Ashford Pritchard about accreditation, performance and the increasing recognition of the role of building and facility managers.


A Soy Latte Story

A Soy Latte Story

Retail Space

Andy Adams, Vice President of Store Development for Starbucks Asia Pacific, talks homogeny, design and sustainability with Ashford Pritchard.

Corporates Carbon-Caring

Corporates Carbon-Caring

Corporates Carbon-Caring

What can you do to make your office as environmentally friendly as possible? Dr Shelley Zhou explains how to create a true eco-office.

If your company is looking to move offices, you might ask how you can make your new office a green one.

Going Low-Tech

Passive design and low-impact construction is on the rise, reports Deborah Erwin.

The heyday of prodigal building has passed. Well, at least for those regions injured by the economic downturn. There are still the Dubais and Macaus of the world, not to mention China’s multitude of overnight upstarts, which insist on creating fantastical urban landscapes with little budgetary restraint or care for environmental impacts, but, green and resource-efficient structures are on the rise and are gaining industry momentum as a research subject and branch of practice.

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