Comments on: Editorial: Architecture’s Climate Crisis https://www.canadianarchitect.com/architectures-climate-crisis/ magazine for architects and related professionals Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tom Ponessa https://www.canadianarchitect.com/architectures-climate-crisis/#comment-54412 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:55:37 +0000 https://www.canadianarchitect.com/?post_type=feature&p=1003746280#comment-54412 Yes, get educated. Architects and engineers who are already building this way present their work at our conference in Toronto every year. They bring outstanding built examples of international and local designs that address climate change and carbon. At the Green Building Festival on October 8th this year Dietmar Eberle (among others) will present his Austrian HQ building that has no mechanical HVAC system. The full agenda will be up soon and a taste of it is at https://sbcanada.org/conferences/green-building-festival-2019/

Check out the quality of past programs and speakers on YouTube- search for Green Building Festival

]]> By: Andy Thomson https://www.canadianarchitect.com/architectures-climate-crisis/#comment-54399 Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:14:35 +0000 https://www.canadianarchitect.com/?post_type=feature&p=1003746280#comment-54399 LEED and Passivhaus are solid standards, but we need first of all to lock into the target of carbon control. The mishmash of competing green standards out there with voluntary enrolment/compliance means we need a mandated federal level of commitment to an energy use per area metric or TEUI/TEDI, and then let the Architects and Engineers decide how to meet those goals – with the standard of their choice. https://www.andythomson.ca/2018/11/20/how-many-miles-per-gallon-does-your-building-get/

]]> By: George Hawirko https://www.canadianarchitect.com/architectures-climate-crisis/#comment-54297 Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:38:30 +0000 https://www.canadianarchitect.com/?post_type=feature&p=1003746280#comment-54297 Excellent advice contained in this article, but I can say without any hesitation that Canadian technology, already in place would answer everyone’s problems for attaining the Sustainability. low-carbon-footprint sources for materials. The problem is that current suppliers are violently in objection to allow these technologies to enter the supply chain leaving us without any oxygen to move forward and delaying the industry to enter into a better future.

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