The Financial Times had a great series of articles the other day in a special report on Energy-Efficient Buildings. The FT team on this, led by environmental reporter Fiona Harvey, covers topics from design, climate-proofing, and microgeneration to supply chains and waste reduction. Look at the interactive graphic, as an amuse gul: a blueprint for sustainability.
Even the ads are cool. One is from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) describing some of the findings in the new report from their four-year, $15 million Efficiency in Buildings research project, which they describe as “the most rigorous study ever conducted on the subject.” Their release says the central message of the study is “…energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 – essential to meeting global climate change targets – but this will require immediate action to transform the building sector.”
Meanwhile, over at the New York Times today, there’s a special section on the Business of Green: Smarter Tools. Matt Wald and Kate Galbraith lead the reporting here with articles on the smart grid, advances in solar PV, ocean power, and improving the performance of aircraft, among other topics. There’s a nice smorgasbord of graphics, slide shows, and a podcast – the entertaining and informative “Back Story” feature. (I’ve had some articles out there my ownself on the smart grid and on sustainability at airports.)
Get over to these special reports and dig in for some truly edifying stuff.
