A new city "green" and "sustainable" has been raised 150 kms. Peking, designed to house the 350.000 residents and will be running in 2020.
It was designed by the Singapore team, Shengbang Urban Planning Group and will have a tram public transport system, you expand solar energy supply green expanses. His approach is based on 26 development indicators which no further information is.
A proposal based on dramatic images that sell a product theoretically better. The question is whether it will be "green" by the broad theoretical arrangement of green spaces and "sustainable" because it will introduce a high density of building.
More information on this proposal:
http://is-arquitectura.es/2011/01/14/ciudad-sostenible-de-tianjin-china/
http://www.openbuildings.com/buildings/tianjin-eco-city-profile-4292.html
http://is-arquitectura.es/2011/01/14/ciudad-sostenible-de-tianjin-china/
http://www.openbuildings.com/buildings/tianjin-eco-city-profile-4292.html
I think in many urban interventions improperly used this tag “echo”, as they usually are conventional urban developments which simply is detectable any of these items sustainable. I think the diffuse hide behind the concept “ecocity”. Although I do not remember the name of the speaker, in this line pointed one of the last lectures I heard in the COAC on ecobarrios. Interesting topic to discuss.
The appropriate thing would be to establish a common international standard that measures self-sufficiency really a neighborhood or a new city for comparing.
With respect to buildings and there is something so promising. LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council.
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19