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Author(s): Lucia Athens (Author)
- Publisher: Island Press
- Publication Date: October 28, 2009
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 1597265845
- ISBN-13: 9781597265843
Book Description
Intended as a “roadmap” for policy makers, public officials and representatives, large-scale builders and land developers, and green advocates of every stripe,
Building an Emerald City is that rare book—one that is both inspirational and practical.Editorial Reviews
Review
— Susan S. Szenasy ― Metropolis Magazine editor in chief
“Building an Emerald City is a perfect storm; Lucia is the right person at precisely the right time to provide this guide to creating green building policies and programs. Her experiences working with leading green cities are richly detailed and thoughtfully shared. This is mandatory reading for anyone who cares about our future!”
— Bob Berkebile ―
“Cities are in unique positions to address climate change through land use and transportation patterns, and to build sustainable structures. As a local and national founder of the Green Building movement, Lucia Athens’s guidance on Green Building is especially useful to all of us involved in City Building.”
— John Rahaim ―
“We hope others who read this have the opportunity to expand their worldview by stretching and challenging assumptions and conventions as Lucia has.”
— Pliny Fisk III and Gail Vittori ―
About the Author
The former manager of the City of Seattle Green Building Program, Lucia Athens is now a senior associate and sustainable futures strategist for CollinsWoerman, a Seattle-based planning, architecture, and interior design firm specializing in innovative and sustainable solutions. She is the 2008 winner of the Puget Sound “Better Bricks Award” in the category of “advocate.” She previously taught landscape architecture at the University of Georgia.
