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Tag: climate change

Biden’s green grid plan faces political, practical challenges

May 23, 2021 chriscosper

President Biden has proposed a bold plan to convert America’s electrical grid from fossil fuels to renewable sources, notably wind…

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Filed under: Biden, climate change

Twenty years in, the Pritzker Prize joins the 21st century

March 21, 2021 chriscosper

First the AIA Gold Medal and now the Pritzker prize? After years of bestowing praise on the practitioners of sillytecture,…

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Filed under: climate change, Starchitect fails

NYC is tracking the energy consumption of its largest buildings as prelude to 2024 requirements

February 14, 2021 chriscosper

NYC discovered that its largest buildings were far and away the largest contributors from the city of greenhouse-gas emissions. In…

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International Code Council (ICC) proposal opens door for backroom deals

January 24, 2021 chriscosper

According to an American Institute of Architects (AIA) press release, “[T]he ICC Board of Directors is considering removing residential and…

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Filed under: AIA, climate change

Update on the AIA’s 2030 Commitment published

January 8, 2021 chriscosper

Progress has been made. More needs to be done. A link to the 2020 report, which examines 2019 data.

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AIA actually gets an award right with Mazria Gold Medal

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Architecture awards, a part of the vast architectural media complex, have been complicit for the previous 30 years in the…

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Filed under: climate change, Starchitect fails

Some Architects Declare…that saving the planet is not worth it if we can’t practice like it’s 1960

December 24, 2020 chriscosper

It was inevitable that a pronouncement as profoundly inventive and courageous as Architects Declare would lose signees who were more…

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Filed under: climate change, Starchitect fails

University of Michigan researchers set clear PV efficiency record

August 30, 2020 chriscosper

From the UM press release: “In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by…

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Filed under: climate change, environment

Some good news about the environment—but every silver lining has a touch of grey

August 10, 2020 chriscosper

Martin Pederson of Common \ Edge recently interviewed Edward Mazria, who discussed how energy usage in the building sector has…

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Filed under: climate change, economics

Dr. Strangelove’s strange environmental lesson for architects

July 21, 2020 chriscosper

If you are interested in architecture, environmentalism, or classic film, check out my analysis of Dr. Strangelove published on Common\Edge.…

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Filed under: architecture, climate change, environment

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