Public Works: Sustainability

Local leaders promote smart-growth policies

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:40:49 EST

Smart Growth America has developed a nonpartisan council of local officials to support using — and sharing — smart-growth strategies, policies, and programs.

World’s first Sustainable Transportation Professionals announced

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:31:53 EST

California, Kentucky, and Washington State public works employees are among the first 25 people to receive the Greenroads Foundation’s Sustainable Transportation Professionals certification.

Sustainable infrastructure rating system checklist announced

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:34:40 EST

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has launched a checklist for its sustainable infrastructure rating system.

Carbon emissions to increase 50% by 2050

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:47:56 EST

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development predictions.

Food: the final fontier

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:52:04 EST

A community of 210,000 masters the residential and commercial organics waste stream.

Sustainable infrastructure rating system

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:52:30 EST

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, together with the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, has unveiled a new infrastructure rating system called Envision. The system is designed to help policy-makers evaluate the sustainability of infrastructure, set realistic national priorities, and conduct a national discourse on infrastructure investment.

Water-Treatment Plants

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:05:20 EST

Wastewater-treatment plants used to be dirty buildings. Today, architects are cleaning them up.

Regional electric-vehicle charging network formed

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:17:41 EST

Philly storefront to host sustainability talks

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:18:13 EST

In an effort to broaden its audience and get more people to participate in discussing socially and environmentally sustainable economic growth in U.S. cities, the nonprofit Next American City is launching The Storefront for Urban Innovation. Located in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia, the office space will serve as the organization's headquarters and be used for exhibitions and small and medium-sized events.

Share notes about sustainability initiatives

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:47:01 EST

Free environmental practice guides

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:55:21 EST

Sustainability's nothing new for public works

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:59:39 EST

It's all in a day's work when your job is a constant exercise in juggling resources.

Leed Fellow award program launched

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:23:12 EST

Get your community's youth thinking about conservation

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:23:08 EST

Apply for free training by Feb. 23, 2011

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:24:04 EST

City evaluates hydraulic hybrid

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:27:55 EST

World's largest renewable fuel system

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:28:42 EST

20 questions about sustainability

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:47:35 EST

The quest for green neighborhoods

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:47:51 EST

Multipurpose solutions are on the rise

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:39:13 EST

Primed by regulatory imperatives and the national focus on sustainability, operations integrate stormwater control measures into parks and streetscapes of all kinds.