Five Steps to Becoming a More Responsible Architect in the Age of Climate Change

2018-12-13T13:00:00-05:00

The latest climate report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) anticipates that the world will experience the more extreme effects and consequences of climate change much earlier than originally thought, all within most of the global population’s lifetime. This news, paired with the ongoing world climate crisis, pushes us to maximize our efforts toward a more sustainable future.

As professionals in the AEC industry, we must first acknowledge the effect our work has on the environment and then focus on what steps can we take to mitigate those impacts.

Architecture 2030's Ed Mazria outlines an environmentally-responsible plan for the architecture and design industries

2016-11-21T13:17:00-05:00

A Sleeping Giant Awakens
The election of Donald Trump, and a hastily composed (and later retracted) post-election statement by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), has galvanized the U.S. design community. After much soul-searching prompted by anxiety and anger, architects and our allied design and planning professionals have articulated a vibrant vision for themselves and their profession.

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Five Steps to Becoming a More Responsible Architect in the Age of Climate Change

Architecture 2030's Ed Mazria outlines an environmentally-responsible plan for the architecture and design industries