Housematix » Songdo http://www.housematix.com Save your energy Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ‘Green’ Songdo City Moving Ahead http://www.housematix.com/kbrass/2009/08/green-living/green-songdo-city-moving-ahead/ http://www.housematix.com/kbrass/2009/08/green-living/green-songdo-city-moving-ahead/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:17:59 +0000 Kevin Brass http://www.housematix.com/?p=178 songdo
Unlike many grandly-announced ambitious eco-cities, Songdo in South Korea is actually happening. The first phase of the 1,500-acre complex west of Seoul opened earlier this month, promising, among other things, to set a new standard for green cities in Asia.

Based primarily on New Urbanism concepts, Songdo is implementing a wide array of eco-friendly designs on a massive scale. The list of features includes:

-A commitment to leave 40 percent of the site as open space, including a 100-acre park styled after New York’s Central Park.

- A 25-km network of bicycle lanes.

- Charging stations for electric vehicles integrated into parking garage designs

- A centralized pneumatic waste collection system for wet and dry waste, eliminating the need for trash trucks.

- And, in what will certainly be a controversial stance, smoking is banned in public areas and office buildings.

Find the full list of features here.

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