AlexSteffen
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@ Potentially yes: need to hear more. Can you contact David Lavin/ Lavin Agency and tell them more?
8:20 PM May 23rd
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in reply to NorthFortyPro
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@ I agree that deconstruction offers some opportunity to recapture embodied carbon/energy in bldg supplies.
12:58 PM May 22nd
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in reply to JoshStack
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@ Depends on what code (comp Passivhaus), what kind of building + cost or rehabbing/maintaining the building that's there, if kept.
12:07 PM May 22nd
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in reply to JoshStack
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.@ Doing unneeded big stuff is kind of immature, once doing stuff becomes easy and planetary limits become obvious.
9:13 AM May 22nd
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.@ Another possible solution to Fermi's paradox: advanced civilizations spend most of their energy perfecting states of being.
9:12 AM May 22nd
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Re. the Technological Maximum. Idea that basic science will never be completed needs to be critiqued. There could be a post-scientific era
8:28 AM May 12th
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TIme for patent reform:
3:41 PM May 21st
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@ UK has advantage of density (compared to US). Most UK "suburbs" as dense as residential neighborhoods in much US cities.
12:05 PM May 21st
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in reply to melstarrs
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@ I imply no wedge btwn preservationists + urbanists: simply noting many old bldgs not worth saving culturally or "greener."
12:00 PM May 21st
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in reply to GatesofMemphis
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If building's worth saving on cultural grounds, or b/c it's well-built for rehabbing, save it. But most US buildings are neither.
10:14 AM May 21st
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The claim @ not re "historic" blgs, but existing blgs. Most existing buildings in N. Am are crap in re sustainbility/urbanism
10:12 AM May 21st
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in reply to bslotterback
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@ I think that number's inaccurate: See C Arthur Nelson. Roughly half built environment of 2030 yet to be built.
10:08 AM May 21st
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in reply to bslotterback
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I am in favor of urban reuse, historic pres, etc: but I think Americans need to face up to how massive a change awaits us.
9:44 AM May 21st
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Even historic preservation folks point out that not every bldg qualifies as worth saving, +those that are worth saving on cultural terms.
9:43 AM May 21st
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Urbanists point out that greater density is highest leverage urban sustainability standard... and most existing bldgs in N Am low density
9:41 AM May 21st
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Passivhaus experts like Rob Harrison + @ point out new bldgs can be made super-efficient (LEED is lowball standard for energy)
9:40 AM May 21st
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This idea - that rehabbed older buildings are usually greener than new construction - sounds good but is wrong...
9:37 AM May 21st
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RT @ "Berlin is probably much like San Francisco was 30 years ago - tech meets hippie; except replace hippie with punk."
9:13 AM May 20th
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A thousand Reddits don't replace a top-quality independent newsroom; no amount of automated news creation will.
9:07 AM May 19th
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- Name AlexSteffen
- Location Seattle
- Web http://www.alexst...
- Bio I think, write and speak about how to live well and be a good ancestor... (pls note, I'm not able to answer all individual research queries or comments).
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