Looking to the Future. Chapter 9 of Green Building Trends: Europe
What does the future hold for European green design? What can we in the US and Canada learn from the contemporary European experience? If we’re 10 years behind, how fast can we catch up? This new book of mine has lots of answers.
I think it’s obvious that low-energy designs will dominate the future but also that BREEAM and LEED rating systems, or their variants, will spread, forcing European architects and engineers to open up their thinking to the broader concerns of sustainable design, including land use, water recycling, renewable energy, sustainable materials, and indoor environmental quality. But the European lead in low-energy residential and commercial design will likely continue, since they have already institutionalized many of these practices.
This is an excerpt from Jerry Yudelson’s book, Green Building Trends: Europe
To read the entire chapter, click here to download the PDF version.
Click here to order this book at Island Press.
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