Solar 2 Featured in GreenSource Magazine

Design for a Carbon-Free Life: The Pursuit of “Net” Zero Energy

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October 2007

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A Growing Number of Projects Focus Attention On An Elusive Goal

By Molly Miller

Buildings are responsible for nearly half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions and consume more than 70 percent of the electricity generated by U.S. power plants, according to the Energy Information Administration. These numbers have become more and more widely cited in the press and are the mantra of Santa Fe-based architect Edward Mazria, who has long spoken out on the link between buildings and global warming. In 2002, Mazria founded Architecture 2030, a non-profit organization with the mission of dramatically reducing the building sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. In late 2005, the group issued the 2030 Challenge, calling for an immediate 50 percent reduction in fossil fuel use in new buildings and for climate-neutral buildings by 2030. (full article)


Posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:01 am | Tagged in Green Building, S1 in the News, Solar 2, Solar One, Sustainability | posted by Kennedy

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