Is Your Neighborhood Good for Your Health?
Housing and public health advocates have long wanted to establish an empirical connection between the built environment and people’s health. Ideally such evidence would confirm what we already suspect; that denser more compact communities facilitate improved health. And indeed, housing has often been linked to improved health but there haven’t been any sustained studies that firmly link certain kinds of housing to specific improved health outcomes.
Additionally, most work in housing has concentrated on affordability issues while work in health has focused on the health effects of social and economic disparities.
In the News: Software, Robots Green Bottom Line
From robotic farmhands to new software, today's news highlights technological innovations that are saving money and energy.
Several stories detail the unveiling of Hara, a Silicon Valley startup that aims to help companies navigate a "post-carbon economy." It allows them to measure energy use, water consumption and carbon footprint, then figure out which improvements are best for the planet and the bottom line. Companies spend lots of money on consultants to track greenhouse gas emissions. Do-it-yourself types may muddle through on Excel. But that approach won't cut it when carbon becomes a regulated and tradeable commodity, The New York Times reports.
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