Further to the NW sustainability network initial meeting this week, noted the following on the USA’s Arctitecture 2030 programme web site, the 2010 Imperative
How about carbon neutral campuses (campi?) for the NW by 2010 ???
To successfully impact global warming and world resource depletion, it is imperative that ecological literacy become a central tenet of design education. Yet today, the interdependent relationship between ecology and design is virtually absent in many professional curricula. To meet the immediate and future challenges facing our professions, a major transformation of the academic design community must begin today. To accomplish this, The 2010 Imperative calls upon this community to adopt the following:
Beginning in 2007, add to all design studio problems that:
“the design engage the environment in a way that dramatically reduces or eliminates the need for fossil fuel.”By 2010, achieve complete ecological literacy in design education, including:
- design / studio
- history / theory
- materials / technology
- structures / construction
- professional practice / ethics
By 2010, achieve a carbon-neutral design school campus by:
- implementing sustainable design strategies (optional – LEED Platinum / 2010 rating)
- generating on-site renewable power
- purchasing green renewable energy and/or certified renewable energy credits (REC’s, Green Tags), 20% maximum
