Reading about Small Modular (Nuclear) Reactors – SMR’s
An Essential Component of a Comprehensive Energy Program. CT.org believes nuclear energy is one of the sustainable sources of energy […]
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Model Based Design, BIM as City Planning Technological Tools.
The March of Technology. Project designers have access to tools with capabilities that far exceed those available in the post-World
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Ekistics and Doxiadis
Following a Thread… Here’s a thought-journey for you. It starts with a headline to a NYT’s article – “When Architects
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“American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life” by Richard K. Rein
From Amazon… “On an otherwise normal weekday in the 1980s, commuters on busy Route 1 in central New Jersey noticed
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“Babbitt” by Sinclair Lewis
From CT.org… The New York Times recently reviewed Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis under the subtitle: “The Novelist Who Saw Middle
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Cycling for Sustainable Cities
Edited by Ralph Buehler and John Pucher, The MIT Press, 2021. “Cycling is the most sustainable means of urban travel,
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“What Makes a Great City” by Alexander Garvin
FROM AMAZON… “What makes a great city? Not a good city or a functional city but a great city. A
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The Bloomberg Carbon Clock – December
The monthly values reflect the cyclical or seasonal changes in an inexorably upward secular trend. Check out the graph of
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A Reminder…The sources of greenhouse gases can be grouped into five categories
Transportation is the biggest, perhaps electric vehicles will reduce this number, over time. Hydrogen is still on the list. Electricity