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Sustainable Building Essay 3

March 15, 2011

I had the privilege of visiting some of the first LEED Platinum and Gold buildings in Calgary and was asked to write an essay on the experience…....

Delighting in the Difference; A Look into the Ethos of Sustainable Buildings

It is always interesting when we become aware of something that is not new but is new to us, that…. when we go from sideways glance to a blossoming understanding and we begin to sense the swelling of its importance, we feel as if we’re waking up. So it is when one first enters a building that has been built ... Read More

Sustainable Building Essay 2

March 1, 2011

How do green building programs and policies promote the Three E’s of sustainability?

Before sustainability was an issue, before the human race began to have a large negative impact on the planet there was something already in place that regulated the planet’s balance and ecological structure. It’s called nature. Humans are part of nature. Except for one very specific detail we are much the same as nature and that one detail is choice. Nature has no choice other than to be nature. A bear cannot study to become a penguin no more a beetle could aspire enough to become a ... Read More