Theory Hour

Today in Theory Hour, John Linn spoke to us.  He spoke to us about issues surrounding carbon reduction.  He describes us (us being the human population) as a storm.  He said characteristics of a storm were agents of transformation, construction and deconstruction, and as being a dynamic event.  He said a storm is not a thing but a process.  We, the storm, are causing global warming.  

He then introduced an idea called Architecture 2030.  This revolutionary idea was developed by popular architect Ed Mazria.  It deals with decreasing our carbon footprint and reducing and finally the termination of the use of carbon in building.  Right now his main focus is to decrease carbon in buildings already in use.  He got together with AIA and formed a baseline of carbon use so that by the year 2030, carbon use will be neutral.  The relative use of carbon use in building operations was immediately reduced to 50%.  Every ten years, it goes down about 10%, so that by 2030, there will be no carbon use.  Architecture 2030 was adopted by adopted by American institute of architects (AIA) and it is supported by groups such as ASHRAE, IESNA, USBGC, and DOE.  Linn also showed us how to access links on our interior webpage to learn more about Architecture 2030.