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Architecture: Fifty Percent Reduction by 2010 of Fossil Fuel
I just recently saw a grafitti that read "our "way of life" is not under threat, it is the threat" (somewhere in Sydney Rd, Melbourne)
So if our way of life is the threat, I am glad to see that some professional organisations are doing something about it. Shouldn't all do the same and more?
Architects Call for Fifty Percent Reduction by 2010 of Fossil Fuel Used to Construct and Operate Buildings
AIA Supports Ratings Systems and Standards that Contribute to a Sustainable Future
Continue reading: Architecture Week, http://www.architectureweek.com/cgi-bin/wlk?http://www.aia.org/release_121905_fossilfuel
Tables and graphics showing the environmental impact of buildings: http://www.architecture2030.org/building_sector/index.html
So if our way of life is the threat, I am glad to see that some professional organisations are doing something about it. Shouldn't all do the same and more?
Architects Call for Fifty Percent Reduction by 2010 of Fossil Fuel Used to Construct and Operate Buildings
AIA Supports Ratings Systems and Standards that Contribute to a Sustainable Future
Washington, D.C., December 19, 2005 Through its Board of Directors, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has adopted position statements to promote sustainable design and resource conservation to achieve a minimum reduction of fifty percent of the current consumption level of fossil fuels used to construct and operate buildings by the year 2010. In order to accomplish this goal, the AIA will collaborate with other national and international organizations, the scientific research community, and the public health community. As part of this initiative, the AIA will also develop and promote the integration of sustainability into the curriculum for the education of architects and architecture students, so that this core principle becomes a guiding mindset for current and future architects.
Buildings account for forty-eight percent of U.S. energy consumption and generate far more greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector, said R.K. Stewart, FAIA, facilitator of the AIA Sustainability Summit Task Force. As architects, we must accept responsibility for our role in creating the built environment. We feel it is incumbent upon the architecture profession to alter our actions and encourage both our clients and the entire design and construction industry to join us in plotting a course of measurable changes that will improve the quality of life for everyone.
Fundamental to helping ensure actual results, the AIA also supports the development and use of rating systems and standards that promote the design and construction of communities and buildings that contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future.
According to the AIA, an undertaking of this magnitude will require a sustained effort over the next ten to fifteen years, especially in educating clients about their role in the success of this effort. (....)
Continue reading: Architecture Week, http://www.architectureweek.com/cgi-bin/wlk?http://www.aia.org/release_121905_fossilfuel
Tables and graphics showing the environmental impact of buildings: http://www.architecture2030.org/building_sector/index.html
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