..........No body recognizes it.......The government doesn’t recognize this,...
The scientific community and public do not
recognize this,... The architects themselves
do not recognize this. Why not?
The answer is simple. Most people don’t
understand what architects really do and
most architects don’t have a deep understanding
of the relationship between architecture
and the natural environment.
Missing the Obvious
The biggest problem with the current
thinking on global warming is that solutions
have been focused on areas where
nominal reductions in energy consumption
and emissions can be achieved. For example,
environmental watchdogs and the
media have made sport utility vehicles
(SUVs) the chief villain of the green
movement. But if you took every SUV off
the road tomorrow and replaced them
with hybrids, the impact on global warming
would be minimal.
That’s because the entire fleet of
SUVs, mini-vans and light-duty trucks in
this country account for only 6 1/2 percent
of the total U.S. energy consumed
each year. That doesn’t mean we should
abandon efforts to produce more efficient,
environmentally-friendly SUVs and automobiles .......
