This is part of the sustainability narrative, it's a work in progress.
To the right you see the Global Institute of Sustainability building at Arizona State University's Tempe campus. A higher education building that earned LEED Silver which teaches the students about sustainability as well.
“A tree produces thousands of blossoms in order to create another tree, yet we consider it’s abundance not wasteful but safe, beautiful, and highly effective.” – Cradle to Cradle
Human beings are the only creatures that take from the environment and give nothing back. In producing a strategy of change, this building should serve as a model to the students and community and return to the environment, what it consumes. Albert Einstein stated, “ The world will not evolve past it’s current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.”
This building and site should go beyond the basic recommendations of sustainable measures. It needs to consider how it uses energy, the resources it uses, the amount of waste it produces, and what it gives back to the environment, using systems of nature as a model for design work.
The American Institute of Architects believe the time for talk is over, encouraging that architecture education “…should serve as a nucleus and catalyst for sustainable exploration, experimentation, demonstration and celebration. “
This building and site should go beyond the basic recommendations of sustainable measures. It needs to consider how it uses energy, the resources it uses, the amount of waste it produces, and what it gives back to the environment, using systems of nature as a model for design work.
The American Institute of Architects believe the time for talk is over, encouraging that architecture education “…should serve as a nucleus and catalyst for sustainable exploration, experimentation, demonstration and celebration. “
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