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The blind spot of low-carbon buildings
By John Lorinc
Focusing on energy efficiency has blinded us to other unintended consequences of building materials–but a revolution is afoot

	Built Environment The 2018 Green Tower Ranking An examination of building energy performance across Canada

	Built Environment Closing the carbon loophole Governments aim to stop offshoring emissions By Erica Gies

	Built Environment Breaking the gas habit Why a transition away from natural gas for home heating is both onerous and necessary By John Lorinc

	Built Environment Retooling the suburbs A discussion with urbanist Markus Moos about suburban ways of living in 21st century Canada By Jeremy Runnalls

	Built Environment Safer streets Portland will reduce residential speed limits to 20 miles per hour By Angie Schmitt

	Built Environment Capital idea London mayor unveils draft plan to densify suburbs, tackle congestion By Jeremy Runnalls

	Built Environment Bus lanes are the new parking lanes American cities are getting smarter about using curb space to prioritize transit, biking and walking. By Angie Schmitt

	Built Environment Less buzz Shock decline in flying insects across Germany: report By Tim Radford

	Built Environment Boston weighs strategies for staying dry A multi-billion-dollar seawall is among climate adaptation options under consideration for the iconic coastal city. By Eric Bender

	Built Environment Circling the block Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities By Dorina Pojani, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Jonathan Corcoran and Neil Sipe

	Built Environment Industrial symbiosis Nature’s lessons for industry By Lillian Childress

	Built Environment Flood waters How Houston’s sprawl makes it harder to cope with storms like Harvey By Angie Schmitt

	Built Environment The journey to transit Building better cities for pedestrians means connecting the ‘last mile’ By Paula Santos Rocha and Paula Tanscheit

	Built Environment Circling the block Parking reform's implications for sustainable transit and ride-hailing By Stephen Miller

	Built Environment One key piece of the Detroit turnaround? Philanthropy Community development financial institutions have been conducting impact investing in the city for decades By Marc Gunther

	Built Environment Toward car-free cities Stockholm shows the sometimes-bumpy road to congestion charges By Jacob Sacks and Thet Hein Tun

	Built Environment Sizing up the market How to make $50 billion-plus in Canadian green bonds a reality By Sean Kidney and Toby A.A. Heaps

	Built Environment L.A.’s concrete river gets real The Los Angeles River – as faded and forgotten a Hollywood starlet as there ever was – could be poised for a comeback. By Jeff Turrentine

	Built Environment Estacionamiento Mexico City may abolish its parking minimums By Angie Schmitt

	Built Environment Two shores away Tension between resource extraction and environmental stewardship remains at the heart of the Canadian experience. By Chris Turner

	Built Environment Charged up Electric vehicles are poised to eclipse their combustion engine counterparts in the decades ahead, but how quickly? By Peter Gorrie

	Built Environment Tactical urbanism In 2016, Vancouver, Paris and Calgary demonstrated that pilot projects can pave the way to consensus. By Chris Bruntlett and Melissa Bruntlett

	Built Environment Building up From NIMBY to YIMBY: What a difference a generation (and an urban housing shortage) makes By Jeff Turrentine

	Built Environment Come hell or holy water India’s fight to save the Ganges By Sreya Panuganti

	Built Environment London particulars How the 19th-century rebuilding of Britain’s Houses of Parliament made air pollution visible By Timothy Hyde