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COVER STORY
connected, responsive, and moving to zero net energy
By Mark Hanson Ph.D., LEED-AP BD+C and Jody Andres, AIA LEED-AP
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DAY WHEN
your school building is producing as much energy as it needs? Can you envi- sion that your next school won’t create pollution as it operates? What if your school facility was a significant tool that prepared students for jobs that previ- ous generations couldn’t even imagine? Intelligent buildings are the future!
Buildings are the foremost cause of greenhouse gases (GHG) due to the
materials they require and the energy they demand. Architecture 2030—a non-profit organization focused on rapidly transforming the global-built environment from the major contribu- tor of GHG emissions to a central part of the solution to the climate crisis— issued The 2030 Challenge, to drasti- cally reduce the growth rate of GHG emissions. Building and architecture professionals, as well as leaders from a
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