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During the worst of last month s
Winter Storm Uri, images of Downtown Austin with its lights ablaze circulated widely on social media, prompting outrage among Austinites going days without power or heat or water. The city center retained electric service because it includes critical infrastructure like the Capitol Complex alongside its office and condo towers. But what if those buildings could produce enough energy on-site to be self-sufficient when the Texas power grid, inevitably, fails again?
That s the kind of construction the
Urban Land Institute s
Greenprint Center for Building Performance – a worldwide alliance of real estate owners, investors, and partners in 32 different countries – is trying to incentivize, aiming for a goal of