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Sustainable Buildings in Shanghai Expo

It’s only a month or so away from the Shanghai Expo  2010.

I went to the Aichi Expo in 2005,  and that was a great time. So when trying to compare that Expo with the upcoming one in Shanghai, I’m particularly  interested in the field of buildings and architectures.

According to the press release by the  main [...]

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Software Design for Sustainability - Apps for Climate Action

This is interesting. Government of BC is putting a competition for sustainability software development.

I have got some ideas, if you’re interested to get into this competition as a team, give me a shout!

Design fun and innovative climate action apps using government [...]

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Some suggestions for Vancouver's Translink System

After coming back to Vancouver, I had a great aspiration to be more green in my life.  One of the areas in focus is the transportation.  Having lived in Beijing the last few years, and without a car, I am very used to traveling by public transit.   Of course, it also helps that the [...]

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Some ways to reduce transportation footprint

Transportation is a big part of a city’s carbon footprint, responsible for over 25% of total carbon output.

There are some ideas about how to reduce the transportation footprint:

Idle-free zone –  Vancouver started the program a few years ago. It is now illegal to have your car idled for over 3 minutes.
Electric vehicle incentives – newly built apartments built in [...]

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Steps to Create a Green Business

Some people had asked me before, how to make my business more “Green”? There are numerous articles on the web, and they can be summarized into a few steps.
1. Dedicate personnel/Green team; 2. Develop a Goal; 3.Work out the Plan; 4. Communicate [...]

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