Según UN Habitat para el 2050 70% de la población mundial vivirá en zonas urbanas, hoy en día es casi la mitad. Que significa esta situación al tomar en cuenta aspectos como la gestión de desechos sólidos, impacto a recursos hídricos, la calidad atmosférica y económica de bajo carbono desde el punto de vista ambiental. De […]
Everywhere it is economics. The highlight of the day was Joseph Stiglitz talk at the forum. Although the translation was horrible most of the ideas were clear: Inequality is something we all pay for at the end, and it needs to be addressed for cities to prosper. I try to attend the early session […]
PLEA2007 – The 24th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Singapore, 22-24 November 2007 ABSTRACT: Maracaibo’s architecture and construction sector is undergoing an interesting process in the area of energy efficiency in buildings. Although local ordinances regulate the way buildings should be designed and constructed, it is only since 2006 that a new ordinance […]
