Thursday, April 19, 2007
Isn’t it Time for a Slow (Green) Building Revolution?
Just like the slow food movement, the “slow building” revolution focuses on creating designs that are appropriate for a given bioregion, taking into account climate, natural resources, local economies, indigenous building styles and cultural values. It is opposed to the widespread internationalization of buildings, in the post-modern era, to the point where you can’t tell what climate or country a building is from, because all office buildings look (and function) more or less alike. The slow building revolution looks to slow down the design process so that there is time to consider a sustainble design approach that takes more into account than just budget and schedule.
Check out the full article at IGreenbuild.com.
Posted by Jerry on 04/19/2007 at 05:22 PM
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Green Buildings are Geostrategic, says NY Times’ Tom Friedman
According to Tom Friedman, author of The World is Flat, “I think that living, working, designing, manufacturing and projecting America in a green way can be the basis of a new unifying political movement for the 21st century. A redefined, broader and more muscular green ideology is not meant to trump the traditional Republican and Democratic agendas but rather to bridge them when it comes to addressing the three major issues facing every American today: jobs, temperature and terrorism.” Green building consultants and designers should wake up to the importance of the need to advocate on every project for high-performance buildings. See the entire article in the New York Times magazine for Sunday, April 15th. And don’t forget to file those tax returns by April 17th!
Posted by Jerry on 04/15/2007 at 09:53 AM
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