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A Don Valley Parkway without cars

If we are going to have good indoor air quality, we have to start outdoors

Particulate pollution is killing us, and we can't pretend we can just open a window.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Urban Design September 18, 2019

indoor air quality

Another look at indoor air quality and "the indoor generation"

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 18, 2019

Tad Ptyra at Active House Symposium/ Lloyd Alter

Is anyone doing enough about indoor air pollution?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 17, 2019

Tang ad from the sixties

We got lots of great ideas from the space program; insulation isn't one of them

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 13, 2019

Why does this man look so orange?

Trump voters need LED bulbs

Interior Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 13, 2019

Retrofirst

RetroFirst: A new campaign from British architectural magazine to promote retrofit and renovation

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 12, 2019

Callaughtons Ash Front

Affordable housing project in UK is a demonstration of Radical Simplicity

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 12, 2019

Blueprint cover

Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism shows how cities can adapt and change to accommodate everyone

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 11, 2019

view along waterfront Trenezia development

Master Plan for new community in Bergen is seriously low carbon

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 11, 2019

Setting up blower door for test

Every house should have a blower door test

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 9, 2019

Laufen save looks totally normal

Urine for a surprise with the new Save! Toilet: it looks normal

Bathroom Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 5, 2019

hotel module being installed

2019 Radical Innovations Awards are not too innovative or radical

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 5, 2019

Fieldsleeper in field

This Tonke Fieldsleeper is truly a land yacht

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 4, 2019

Katerra dropping bathroom

Katerra is "productizing" the housing industry

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 3, 2019

270 Park Avenue being demolished, July 25, 2019

Is it a new era, where architects should be held to account for the environmental impact of their work?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 3, 2019

Screen capture of amazon page

4 reasons why you shouldn't buy prefab tiny houses on Amazon

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 2, 2019

Tokyo isn't safe from Godzilla

What's the world's safest city?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter August 30, 2019

Doom town

Why are house prices rising faster in car-dependent suburbs?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter August 30, 2019

Kitchen upstairs

Passive House Institute's look at kitchen fans is less than exhaustive

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter August 28, 2019

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Equinox

2019 Equinox: 12 facts about the first day of fall

apple core

Don't toss apple cores and banana peels on the ground

snowy owl

12 signs that a hard winter is coming

Rice farmers indonesia

5 ways to improve global food security

kitchen dishes in cupboard

10 ways to make your kitchen more green

harvest moon

6 curiosities about the rare Friday the 13th harvest moon

KFC storefront

KFC sold out of Beyond Fried Chicken on trial day

snowy owl

12 signs that a hard winter is coming

DomeGaia AirCrete home

DIY dome homes built from AirCrete are an affordable & ecofriendly option

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