My friend, David Peabody, AIA spoke to my class at Catholic University.

He is designing and developing Passive Houses in the Washington, DC area.  This is an economic route to net zero energy envelope dominated buildings!  We should pay attention to this criteria and construction approach.  Please see --

http://greenhaus.org
david@greenhaus.org

Please read this!  It shows the great interest in the truth and how self interest can lead to great human suffering.

May all of you be well, peaceful and happy today in preparations and in Thanksgiving tomorrow.

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Folks:

Like many True Sustainability participants, I have been involved in sustainable design, energy and environment since the 1970s. I also had a hand in rewording the AIA COTE Top Ten principles in the 1990s. I am now involved in concepts of "Resilient Design." "Resilience" is different and distinct from our prior conceptions because it is incorporating lessons learned, knowledge and vary rapidly emerging tools and methods from the natural disaster mitigation disciplines. These…

Please note the ten criteria on the Overview page.

They were created by a real estate developer, BioRegional!

We are grateful to the Executive Director BioRegional North America, Greg Searle, for giving TrueSustainability permission to use them.  Note that Greg is a member of this community.  Please see http://www.oneplanetcommunities.org/offices/north-america/ for more information. 

I find the ten…

I would like to recommend Scott Wolfe, AIA be invited to join our TrueSustainability working group. Scott’s design work and intense focus on water as a valuable resource has received numerous awards at the local, regional and national levels, and his focus on water has generated significant national attention.  Scott is truly passionate about water, and his carefully crafted projects bring sustainable water strategies to the public’s consciousness and have been recognized with LEED™ Silver,…

Friends,

There are about 190,000 human developments in the National Geographic Atlas of the World. Some of us have networked and researched extensively over the last several years to identify the truly sustainable developments.  We used the 10 One Planet Living Principles listed on the Overview page of this website.

What we learned about sustainable urban developments and/or redevelopments (while preparing for True Sustainability Continuing Education Sessions presented at the…

In trying to live a sustainable life, it is imperative that one has in mind a very clear definition of sustainability. sustainabilitylabs.org offers a very well thought out and well written definition of sustainability, as well as 5 core principles one must consider when adopting a sustainable lifestyle.…

Watch the True Sustainability lectures here!

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Cherokee Studios

Overview

• Location: Los Angeles, California
• Building type(s): Other, Commercial office,…