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Tag: climate change

Racism and fighting climate change

June 10, 2020 chriscosper

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson wrote a thought-provoking editorial for the Washington Post discussing the intersection of racism and the climate crisis.…

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“Architects Declare” joins chorus calling for real change

May 31, 2020 chriscosper

The “Architects Declare Climate & Biodiversity Emergency” movement, which started in May 2019 in the United Kingdom, now has a…

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Filed under: climate change, economics

2020 AIA COTE Awards Announced

May 23, 2020 chriscosper

John W. Olver Design Building, University of Massachusetts Amherst, image © 2020 Christopher L. Cosper (image may be reused with…

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Filed under: climate change, energy usage intensity

The Sears Tower is certified LEED Platinum, but how green is it?

May 9, 2020 chriscosper

Referring to the Sears Tower, which is occasionally called the “Willis Tower,” a Chicago Tribune article from December said the…

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Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything is the most important book of the 21st century (so far)

May 8, 2020 chriscosper

Hyperbole? I do not think so, given (A) the dire state of the planet’s environment and (B) the role of…

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ArchDaily’s “greatest hits” of articles looking at architecture and the environment

April 24, 2020 chriscosper

I have not read all of the linked articles, but the first article, “Building Bigger Cities Means Digging Deeper Everywhere…

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Filed under: architectural education, architecture, climate change

Fifty years of Earth Day

April 22, 2020 chriscosper

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, this New York Times article does a good job of highlighting environmental successes…

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Architecture professionals and educators finally get serious about climate change?

January 24, 2020 chriscosper

After years of mostly lip service, architecture professionals and educators are finally getting serious about addressing climate change. Several critical…

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Are architects addressing the wrong problem? Are we suffering from The Growth Delusion?

June 16, 2019 chriscosper

Super insulation. PV arrays and wind turbines. Ground-source heat pumps. LED lights and efficient appliances. These are the tools architects…

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Filed under: climate change, economics

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