Triple Bottom Line
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) is a cyclic thought and action process: engage stakeholders, understand the problem, find solutions, repeat, and repeat again. One result of […]
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The Power of Water
This story is a bit about our built environment as well as about respect for Mother Nature and all her powers. Few of us ever […]
Continue reading »Energy efficiency vs. historic value?
It’s time to get over the thought that energy efficiency is in some way counter to showing value for history and historically significant edifices. In […]
Continue reading »Sustainable Design: the gentle battle for traction
I read with admiration Lance Hosey’s recent blog on the Six Myths of Sustainable Design. He got ‘em, and nearly all of them from what […]
Continue reading »Do I doubt the science of GMOs?
I received my National Geographic for March and I am entirely challenged by the cover. I find myself lumped in as a science denier due […]
Continue reading »“Enough is as good as a feast” Mary Poppins
Okay, so most people probably don’t write serious commentary based on words of wisdom from a children’s story character, especially one reeking with tricky magic […]
Continue reading »changing the world
Heads up – we know we’re changing the world when people start fighting back! – Jodi From Marisa Long of the USGBC By now, many […]
Continue reading »I hate this building
I must warn you, I am usually accepting of things I don’t understand, yet where Gehry is concerned I am consistently disappointed and even angered, […]
Continue reading »education
I would wish that education would focus on the integrative aspects of design, construction and operations. There used to be the mentality about college that […]
Continue reading »connection to space and place
I love empirical testing. I think we too often (waaaay too often) rely on data when we need to feel, see, smell, hear, touch and […]
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