This past Tuesday, JUCCCE organized a Mayoral Training session on waste water training. The session, which brings together many of China’s mayors in a discussion about efforts to make China’s cities greener, is especially pertinent considering that China’s energy demands and carbon footprint increase day after day. Over the past quarter century, China’s demand for energy has tripled, with industrial energy demand accounting for about 70% of energy demand in China. Mayors have

Note: The following article was featured in ShanghaiDaily.com. More and more construction in China is using environmentally sustainable materials, techniques and design, but green building still has a long way to go. Lara Farrar reports. On weekends, late at night or whenever he has a spare moment, Shanghai architect Deng Yang pores through books about wastewater management, environmentally friendly construction and energy-efficient design. He's prepping for the examination o