Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber, CEO of the Masdar Initiative in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, speaks to the US House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming regarding the steps Masdar has taken towards building a green, efficient city from the ground up.
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In the spring of 2008, 22 students, professors, professionals, and community members from San Luis Obispo, California embarked on a journey to Europe. They traveled to England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden to learn about smart energy solutions. The group visited cities that exhibited best practices for sustainability in the following areas: renewable energy, innovative transportation, green building, smart growth, energy efficiency, and conservation. The group sought out those areas to be able to bring back some of the lessons and ideas to the United States.
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To thrive for the next 50 years, Haley & Aldrich recognizes that we must continually build our capacity to be creative and resourceful, working with our clients to meet the local and global challenges of sustainability. Members of Haley & Aldrich’s 2006 Leadership Development Program graduating class imagined such a future in a creative video project, Envision 2057. We hope this provocative look at the future serves as an invitation to explore the many exciting possibilities that lie ahead.
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Chairman Markey’s question and answer session from the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing on June 18, 2008: “Planning Communities for a Changing Climate – Smart Growth, Public Demand and Private Opportunity”.
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A portion of the testimony of Steve Winkleman, Transportation Director for the Center for Clean Air Policy, during the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing entitled “Planning Communities for a Changing Climate – Smart Growth, Public Demand and Private Opportunity”
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