Posts Tagged ‘Traditional Neighborhood Development’

Can Sprawl be Green?

The NAHB and ICC are Working on a New set of Green Building StandardsIn my post of May 6th, “Traditional Neighborhood Development and LEED Go Hand in Hand,” I made the point that smart growth and new urbanism are helping give a ‘boost’ to green building practices. While conducting research for that article, however, I did find several assertions to the contrary.  So, for the sake of playing devil’s advocate, I will here take a look at some of those assertions.

Traditional Neighborhood Development and LEED Go Hand in Hand

The New La Rosa Authentic Mexican KitchenIn the 1980’s, New Urbanism catapulted into the national consciousness. Today, a site called The Town Paper lists hundreds of Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) Neighborhoods from all over the world. And this surge of interest in mixed use planning may be helping pull environmental building practices into the spotlight.

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