We developed a global survey that gets at the question of why we are not reaching the goals of the 2030 Challenge. It examines the practice of architecture, examining the architects, who have influence over how a building functions. This survey is designed to reach as large of a group as possible, the more who answer, the better the results. We are planning on sharing the results with the world with presentations at conferences (Gulf Coast Green, Greenbuild, etc) as well as articles on blogs and through the AIA. If some of you on Archinect could help spread the survey, or even just take it, I know the survey would get the needed responses. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BCDQQZY
What is the 2030 Challenge? You're assuming that this is common knowledge, but it's not. It may be very worthwhile, but you need to write a little that tells why people should care enough to spend 15 minutes at Survey Monkey. (The paragraph above talks about the survey, but not The Challenge.)
The 2030 challenge is based on a fantasy that our centralized society has the potential to become sustainable. It does not. Only decentralized societies can sustain for long periods. Centralized societies are doomed because the very nature of their design is one that relies on growth. Natural systems stabalise when they reach homeostasis. Growth dependent systems like our society/empire is inherently unsustainable. The real environmentalists live in cow shit huts and put mud in their hair to keep the bugs away.
I realized after I posted it that I missed the other piece of our introductory paragraph that we post with it:
As the 2030 Challenge deadline approaches, people are beginning to question if global carbon-neutrality is a feasible reality. But the question should not be whether we can build one carbon-neutral building, as many individual buildings have reached this goal, but rather the question should be whether we will build a carbon-neutral community. What drives the built environment’s impact on the world and climate change ultimately comes down to the knowledge of each architect and their willingness to push the limits of design.
Despite schools and practices claiming to have used sustainable building techniques since the 1970s, there are still less than 1000 net-zero energy buildings in the world today (http://www.enob.info/en/net-zero-energy-buildings/map/). As emerging professionals, this led us to a few questions. What were architects taught in school that equipped them with the proper knowledge and motivation to design for carbon-neutrality? What are architects being taught in practice to continue this knowledge and build innovation? What is preventing this knowledge from being implemented on a global scale? What are the gaps of knowledge within our field that could be explored to reach the goals of the 2030 Challenge?
Instead of examining the buildings, we are testing the architects, engineers, and contractors. This will allow us to get a better idea of what is currently practiced, and what we need to accomplish to reach our goals.
Following the link and clicking technology highlights heat pumps and other dubious tech. The top result for a search on carbon-neutral returns a wiki page described as "This section appears to be written like an advertisement."
Looks like a trade group pretending to be an environmental group.
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What is Holding Us Back from the 2030 Challenge
We developed a global survey that gets at the question of why we are not reaching the goals of the 2030 Challenge. It examines the practice of architecture, examining the architects, who have influence over how a building functions. This survey is designed to reach as large of a group as possible, the more who answer, the better the results. We are planning on sharing the results with the world with presentations at conferences (Gulf Coast Green, Greenbuild, etc) as well as articles on blogs and through the AIA. If some of you on Archinect could help spread the survey, or even just take it, I know the survey would get the needed responses.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BCDQQZY
Thank you,
Sophia and Heather
Clients who don't give a shit and legislators who are bribed.
Sophia and Heather,
What is the 2030 Challenge? You're assuming that this is common knowledge, but it's not. It may be very worthwhile, but you need to write a little that tells why people should care enough to spend 15 minutes at Survey Monkey. (The paragraph above talks about the survey, but not The Challenge.)
The 2030 challenge is based on a fantasy that our centralized society has the potential to become sustainable. It does not. Only decentralized societies can sustain for long periods. Centralized societies are doomed because the very nature of their design is one that relies on growth. Natural systems stabalise when they reach homeostasis. Growth dependent systems like our society/empire is inherently unsustainable. The real environmentalists live in cow shit huts and put mud in their hair to keep the bugs away.
I realized after I posted it that I missed the other piece of our introductory paragraph that we post with it:
As the 2030 Challenge deadline approaches, people are beginning to question if global carbon-neutrality is a feasible reality. But the question should not be whether we can build one carbon-neutral building, as many individual buildings have reached this goal, but rather the question should be whether we will build a carbon-neutral community. What drives the built environment’s impact on the world and climate change ultimately comes down to the knowledge of each architect and their willingness to push the limits of design.
Despite schools and practices claiming to have used sustainable building techniques since the 1970s, there are still less than 1000 net-zero energy buildings in the world today (http://www.enob.info/en/net-zero-energy-buildings/map/). As emerging professionals, this led us to a few questions. What were architects taught in school that equipped them with the proper knowledge and motivation to design for carbon-neutrality? What are architects being taught in practice to continue this knowledge and build innovation? What is preventing this knowledge from being implemented on a global scale? What are the gaps of knowledge within our field that could be explored to reach the goals of the 2030 Challenge?
Instead of examining the buildings, we are testing the architects, engineers, and contractors. This will allow us to get a better idea of what is currently practiced, and what we need to accomplish to reach our goals.
Challenge criteria that don't make any sense.
Following the link and clicking technology highlights heat pumps and other dubious tech. The top result for a search on carbon-neutral returns a wiki page described as "This section appears to be written like an advertisement."
Looks like a trade group pretending to be an environmental group.
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