Japan approves legislation to cut air pollution

The legislation aims to reduce pollution from vehicles around theaters, hotels, and office buildings by requiring builders to project emissions and submit plans for their reductions.

This seems like a rather difficult task, which may be the legislation's intention. The likely response from builders and planners is therefore likely to be to seek ways to avoid having vehicles pass near these buildings in the first place.

GREEN ARCHITECTURE & SUSTAINABLE DESIGN LINKS

NRDC: Building Green, from principle to practice
"The first site that concisely outlines the business reasons for getting into green building and then provides a guide to getting started."

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Green roof industry association.

World Green Building Council

US Green Building Council
"The USGBC is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work."

LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
Primary green building certification in the US.

Green Building Press UK

Center for Neighborhood Technology
"The CNT has a unique mission: To invent and implement new tools and methods that create livable urban communities for everyone."

Inhabitat
"A weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future."

Greater Cleveland Green Building Coalition Green Building Blog
Reports on much, much more than just green building.

Enviropundit: Green Building Blog
"Most of the discussions will be about sustainable building and energy, but there will also be some about disproving the 'environment vs. economy' myth, efficiency in the economy and others."