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.How policy shapes design…and vice versa?
I read recently that the European Commission is going to propose a new framework for sustainable building—one that includes embodied energy (last week’s topic). The EC is supposed to be releasing a policy paper for public consultation any day now on this site: The commission wants to focus on: how to improve the environmental sustainability… Continue Reading
How to design with embodied energy
Agency of Design’s Energy Trump cards How can we become more aware of embodied energy? The Agency of Design, based in London, answers the question by profiling the embodied energy in various materials. They’ve made a card deck —energy trump cards — covering 45 materials, and each material card shows the key environmental properties; Embodied… Continue Reading
NASA can help you teach sustainable design
Yesterday I gave a talk about climate change to a classroom full of 10 year olds. It’s challenging to make climate change straightforward, which is perhaps why recent recommendations are to include it in middle school (see my update at the end of this post). I still think it’s important that we start much earlier.… Continue Reading
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