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Unsustainability and the Architecture of Efficiency
It is common knowledge that if we continue our current dependence on fossil fuels, we are headed for global economic, environmental and societal disaster. With around a third of the world's primary energy consumed in the operation of commercial and residential buildings, architecture has a major role to play in averting this. After setting out the dangers of the status quo, Graham S Wright – a building scientist and Chair of the US Passive House Institute's Technical Committee – explains how passive building techniques can help us to turn away from fossil fuels without compromising comfort or functionality.
Unsustainability and the Architecture of Efficiency
It is common knowledge that if we continue our current dependence on fossil fuels, we are headed for global economic, environmental and societal disaster. With around a third of the world's primary energy consumed in the operation of commercial and residential buildings, architecture has a major role to play in averting this. After setting out the dangers of the status quo, Graham S Wright – a building scientist and Chair of the US Passive House Institute's Technical Committee – explains how passive building techniques can help us to turn away from fossil fuels without compromising comfort or functionality.
Unsustainability and the Architecture of Efficiency
Wright, Graham S (author)
Architectural Design ; 88 ; 16-23
2018-01-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Climate Change Synthesis Report , Falmouth , ‘passive building’ design , The Orchards at Orenco , Rocky Mountain Institute , Innovation Center , ZGF Architects , Viridescent House , Colorado , Maine , European Environment Agency , Oregon , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , REACH Community Development , Basalt , Ankrom Moisan Architects , Hillsboro , Briburn
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