Sustainability

Touring Cobo Center’s 2.4 million square feet of energy efficiency

Cobo Center's $300 million renovation project is well under way. We take a look at long overdue infrastructure upgrades that are cutting costs and energy consumption while also transforming Cobo into a model for efficiency.

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UIX people and projects profiled: Vanita Mistry

Starting with five of her friends as customers, today Mistry has a client roster of 37 households for her curbside recycling business. And hold on: she does it by bicycle. Tunde Wey catches up to tell her story.

AJ’s Coffeeworks coffee house comes home to Highland Park
Next step forward for urban ag: soil remediation
Core77 blogger hits Detroit, swoons over people and place
DC3 announces second design festival for September
Detroit Thermal adds customers in Midtown as it expands staff
Green City Diaries: This land is our land (Part 2)

Green projects are sprouting up all over the city. In part 2 his latest diary entry, Matthew Piper finds common ground in Hamtramck and Palmer Park.  

CityFARM expands operations into Detroit with Indian Village gardens
De-tread moves into Midtown’s Green Garage to build biz

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