1/7: "Come-to-carbon moments" - whether or not the author coined the phrase, I like it.
via @ArchDaily
I've had a lot of those moments over the years, though for me it extends beyond a building's level of GHG pollution.
#architecture #ClimateAction
archdaily.com/931008/a-great…
2/7: It's more of a "failure to meet people's needs" moment. A "carbonated" building's contribution to #climatechange certainly falls into that category. So does poor IEQ, or controls that occupants or maintenance staff don't find useful.
3/7: Every time we're unable to adequately engage key stakeholders early on, account for the social costs of carbon, our evolutionary history, and productivity/health impacts during design, or conduct post occupancy evaluations, is a gut punch.
4/7: Because I know the outcome will be a facility that produces more GHG emissions than it should, is less healthy or even harmful to occupants in some manner, and/or doesn't adequately meet organizational needs.
As the article points out, public policy is one...
5/6: of the key levers needed to help move the AEC Industry forward faster. Along w/ the public shaming that is sometimes directly or indirectly linked to policy. Both are key elements of Ostrom's 8 principals for #prosocial cooperation between & within groups.
6/7: For the AEC Industry, I've written about that here: evolution-institute.org/constructing-o…, via @EvoInstitute ...
7/7: and here: evolution-institute.org/blurring-the-l…, via @tvolmag
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