
Ed Mazria, founder of the Architecture 2030 Challenge and a Santa Fe based architect who is always ahead of the curve, has called the global architecture and building community to act:
"That all new buildings and developments be designed to use 1/2 the fossil fuel energy they would typically consume (1/2 the country average for that building type).
That at a minimum, an equal amount of existing building area be renovated annually to use 1/2 the amount of fossil fuel energy they are currently consuming (through design, purchase of renewable energy and/or the application of renewable technologies).
That the fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings be increased to:
60% in 2010,
70% in 2015,
80% in 2020,
90% in 2025 and
Carbon-neutral by 2030 (using no fossil fuel GHG emitting energy to operate)." |