The Ferris Files

News and solutions of the week from the world of cleantech and sustainability.

LEED, the building standard that has lightened the footprint of tens of thousands of structures, announced a new standard today that amplifies the idea to neighborhood scale.

My lady Anjali and I just moved to Washington D.C. and I are trying to figuring out where to buy a house. Do we live in the suburbs, or in the District itself? We’re both children of the suburbs but are conducting our search from a sublet apartment in Adams Morgan, a hip neighborhood in the middle of the city. As I walk around to its stores and restaurants, I ask myself: Could I see living in a big city, not as a lark, but forever?