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West leading the way on building codes?

September 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on West leading the way on building codes?

This is something that we should hope to see spread globally, but it would be a tremendous step forward toward something like Architecture 2030 if California adopts its proposed building codes.  The proposal:  all new residential housing developments  energy self-sufficient by 2020 all new commercial buildings be “zero net energy” by 2030. Wow …

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Tags: architecture · building green · energy efficiency

Growing Green — Skywards …

September 17th, 2007 · Comments Off on Growing Green — Skywards …

The Globe faces many challenges, that intersect in very complex system-of-system ways.  There are not Single Shot/Silver Bullet solutions out there. But, in some ways, there are solution sets that provide an integrated solution set that make them a potentially valuable Silver BB. Our challenges include Peak Oil, Global Warming, clean water constraints, food supply […]

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Tags: building green · urban agriculture