Edward Mazria from Architecture 2030 spoke last Friday at the School of Architecture. I first became fascinated with his “Passive Solar Energy Book” from the 80’s as an undergraduate student 10 years ago. Passive Solar energy was my first introduction to ecological design and provides a great example of ancient technology mixed with practical building orientation principles to save both heating and lighting. His talk however was focused on Climate Change and he gave out some striking sustitics that really made me think about where global energy is going.
Global energy demand is: 48% Buildings (heating and cooling 40%, building 8%)
27% Transportation
23% Industry
He focused his talk to his audience of architecture/design students for them to see the key role they play as designers to come up with innovative ways for buildings to be energy efficient. He also shocked us with US costal maps he has done of the effects of 1 meter of rising sea levels. (AL Gores maps were 3 meters and just one meter will do unbelievable damage) I found his mix of energy facts, sea level maps, and challenge to designers to be inspiring despite the reality of the climate crisis nightmare we face today.
Architecture2030.org
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