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March 4, 2008

City contest will encourage sustainable housing

How can the city motivate builders to create houses that are less harmful to the environment?

Competition is always good.

Mayor David N. Cicilline plans to launch the city’s first Sustainable Housing Design Competition later this week. One of the competition’s goals is to show that “green building” can be affordable.

Another aim will be to help developers understand how to integrate energy efficient designs into the construction of affordable houses.

The competition will be launched Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at 17 Gordon Ave., in Providence. The competition winner will be announced at the city’s 3rd annual Celebration of Housing breakfast in May.

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