Whereas China’s pollution problems are well publicized, less noticed has been how seriously the Chinese government is pursuing solutions.

ULI recently supported an effort by the American Institute of Architects and McGraw Hill Construction to take the pulse of key stakeholders that have the ability to influence healthy design, construction, and operation of buildings.

When President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law nearly four years ago, he said it would revolutionize medical care and the medical industry itself.

The dominance of LEED—the world’s most popular green building brand—is facing two threats: governments are limiting its application as a policy benchmark and are pursuing other green building standards.

For a developer, receiver, or investor/owner of distressed hotels and condominiums having difficulty putting heads in beds, conversion to shared ownership is a logical consideration.

Shaun Donovan tells Kenneth Harney and ULI that the message to private developers, planning agencies, and local governments is straightforward, “If you want competitive money, we’ve set sustainability as a criterion for all of our funds,” he says. “And that’s really going to begin to change the game on a broad scale.” Read what other plans secretary of HUD Shaun Donovan has implemented and is about to announce.