Brendan Schlauch

Recent Articles

• Methane from Landfills
• Aug 31, 2009
• Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases: It's 20 to 25 times more powerful in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Although there...
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• Challenging Office Buildings to Go Green
• Aug 31, 2009
• Chicago's central business district, the Loop, is the city's economic engine. But all those skyscrapers are a climate-change engine, too: Commercial buildings account for 39 percent...

• Still for Sale: Highways and Bridges
• Aug 31, 2009
• In April, when Chicago tried--but failed--to lease Midway Airport to private investors, the obituaries for public-private partnerships--PPPs--began appearing. Weak economic conditions and the bankruptcy of...

• Six Routes to a Toll Road
• Jul 31, 2009
• When the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike opened in 1794, it was the first major toll road in the United States. It also was the first thoroughfare...

• The Superbarrel Solution
• Jun 30, 2009
• As an engineer with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, John Chang is always on the lookout for ways to save water. Recently,...
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• Power to the People
• Jun 30, 2009
• For generations, Americans have consumed electricity in more or less the same manner. Energy flowed one way, from the power plant to the household. Consumers...

• Recycling Recession
• May 31, 2009
• Recycling programs may be local in nature, but they're tied intrinsically to the global economy. That's never been clearer than in the past several months....

• Dues Blues
• Aug 31, 2008
• The housing slump is taking a toll on homeowner associations.

• Richmond Scores With Regional 911 Recruiting
• May 22, 2008
• In recent years, securing adequate staffing for emergency services has become increasingly challenging -- some would even argue it's approaching a national crisis.
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