BD+C Sustainability White Paper 2008, Green Buildings + Climate Change

Aug. 11, 2010
3 min read

The BD+C editorial team is currently working on its sixth annual White Paper on Sustainability, and we want your input!

The Green Buildings + Climate Change White Paper will examine the impact of buildings on greenhouse gas emissions and what can be done to address the enormous challenge posed by global warming. The White Paper will:

• Examine how we got to the present state of affairs, from the AIA COTE to the Brundtland Commission, from “An Inconvenient Truth” to the UN IPCC Report. 
• Review the many scenarios for change (Architecture  2030, Clinton Climate Initiative, etc.). 
• Offer a multifaceted Action Plan with positive recommendations that government officials, the AEC industry, environmentalists, and private citizens can act on to meet the challenge of climate change.

Please submit your ideas and comments to Robert Cassidy, BD+C Editor-in-Chief.            What's your 
carbon footprint?
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Poll Question of the Week
Which renewable energy technology has the 
most potential to affect climate change?
> Geothermal
> Solar Power

> Wind Power To log your answer, click here.   Here's a sampling of the books BD+C editors are reading as research for our 2008 White Paper on Green Buildings + Climate Change. Please let us know what books you are reading on the subjects of green buildings and climate change.Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, 3rd Edition, by John HoughtonGlobal Warming: A Very Short Introduction, by Mark MaslinBoiling Point, by Ross GelbspanThe Challenge of Global Warming, by Dean Edwin AbrahamsonComplete Idiot's Guide to Global Warming, by Michael TennesenGlobal Warming: Can Civilization Survive?, by Paul BrownThe Discovery of Global Warming, by Spencer R. WeartGlobal Warming: Opposing Viewpoints, by Tamara L. Roleff, Scott Barbour, Karin SwisherGreenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming, by Gale E. ChristiansonConsumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, by Jennifer Thorne Amann, Alex Wilson, Katie AckerlyYour suggestion here!
Please let us know what books you are reading on the subjects of green buildings and climate change.Your suggestion here!
Please let us know what books you are reading on the subjects of green buildings and climate change.                                
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