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Green Building Design Must Guide Our Future Building Policies

by martinkomer15@yahoo.co.uk on Nov 10, 2011

Green building design will become a much sought-after specialty as the Western world is forced to address the affordability of its housing for the average home owner. As we concentrate on the rates of consumption and the sizes of our homes to address some of the many problems of climate change, we expect to find solutions that can both meet our expectations while reducing our impact on the environment.Trend To Larger HomesWhen countries experience financial booms, home sizes typically grow larger, demanding more and more energy to support the lifestyle. Thanks to the mineral resources boom, there has been a noticeable trend to larger size homes in Australia, which has been coupled with a trend to smaller sized families living in those homes.We are developing patterns of living that are increasingly unaffordable and definitely unsustainable. In a paper entitled 'Affordability through Modesty' Dr. Linley Lutton clearly shows we are heading the wrong way. He looks at how we may...Read More >>



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