"your landlord just installed a new gas furnace in your building". Until we transition to completely green infrastructure and green energy to power the green infrastructure, minimize heating and cooling greenhouse gas emissions by going GreenBetween 13C-30C/55F-85F (no heating or cooling between 13C-30C/55F-85F, https://greenbetween.home.blog). Do it yourself and tenaciously encourage others to do the same. This applies to individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments.
Yes, this applies even if you have green heating and are using green energy. Green energy conserved can be made available on the electric grid to replace nongreen energy.
This is a great point, and a topic of a future post. We need to realize that as occupants we can actually make a difference by using buildings differently. Thanks for pointing that out Don.
Yes, I very much agree! The fatal flaw of most green building approaches thus far (imho) is that they have had to rely on "market transformation" in the absence of policy. Markets will never, ever, ever incentivize NOT buying stuff and NOT consuming stuff. Capitalism cannot solve climate change—though I do see some promise in ESG if we can 1) get rid of the bloody "net" claims, which again are based on markets where you buy stuff ... in this case offsite renewables or forests bearing questionable additionality claims and 2) layer at least SOME policy on top that holds organizations legally accountable for the authenticity of their claims.
Hi, I have been enjoying your series a lot—especially how you chunk problems so they're digestible and actionable. (I could use more of that in my writing....) On this post in particular, I'm wondering if you are aware of the forthcoming SBTi guidance for the building sector. It's the first time I've seen any group try to comprehensively tackle the scopes amid the complexities of responsibility in the built environment. I wrote a piece about the public comment draft, but the final isn't due out till October. https://www.buildinggreen.com/news-analysis/sbti-decarbonize-aec-firms-must-own-clients-buildings
Thanks for the comment Paula! Really love that article you wrote as well. I was not aware of the SBTI guidance, but it certainly hits this topic on the head. I'll have to dig into it sometime. Thanks for the reference.
"your landlord just installed a new gas furnace in your building". Until we transition to completely green infrastructure and green energy to power the green infrastructure, minimize heating and cooling greenhouse gas emissions by going GreenBetween 13C-30C/55F-85F (no heating or cooling between 13C-30C/55F-85F, https://greenbetween.home.blog). Do it yourself and tenaciously encourage others to do the same. This applies to individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments.
Yes, this applies even if you have green heating and are using green energy. Green energy conserved can be made available on the electric grid to replace nongreen energy.
This is a great point, and a topic of a future post. We need to realize that as occupants we can actually make a difference by using buildings differently. Thanks for pointing that out Don.
Yes, I very much agree! The fatal flaw of most green building approaches thus far (imho) is that they have had to rely on "market transformation" in the absence of policy. Markets will never, ever, ever incentivize NOT buying stuff and NOT consuming stuff. Capitalism cannot solve climate change—though I do see some promise in ESG if we can 1) get rid of the bloody "net" claims, which again are based on markets where you buy stuff ... in this case offsite renewables or forests bearing questionable additionality claims and 2) layer at least SOME policy on top that holds organizations legally accountable for the authenticity of their claims.
Hi, I have been enjoying your series a lot—especially how you chunk problems so they're digestible and actionable. (I could use more of that in my writing....) On this post in particular, I'm wondering if you are aware of the forthcoming SBTi guidance for the building sector. It's the first time I've seen any group try to comprehensively tackle the scopes amid the complexities of responsibility in the built environment. I wrote a piece about the public comment draft, but the final isn't due out till October. https://www.buildinggreen.com/news-analysis/sbti-decarbonize-aec-firms-must-own-clients-buildings
Thanks for the comment Paula! Really love that article you wrote as well. I was not aware of the SBTI guidance, but it certainly hits this topic on the head. I'll have to dig into it sometime. Thanks for the reference.
Thanks! I'm really interested to see how it all shakes out in the final version.