Earlier this month, Scientific American ran a great article about the solar panels that Jimmy Carter had installed on the White House during the energy crisis of the 1970s. At the dedication, Carter said: ”In the year 2000 this solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying cheap, efficient [...]
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University of Illinois – Backcasting from a Sustainable Future
There are many ways to think about and articulate the concepts of sustainability and restoration – that is a global society where our activities don’t systematically undermine the social and ecological systems upon which we depend, and works to restore and revitalize those systems we’re currently damaging. At Aedi we define sustainability using the [...]
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Building Green on PBS
By Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Building Green is a TV series on healthy, energy-efficient, and environmentally-friendly building (free & on-demand on hulu!). The first episode, “Breaking Ground,” introduces the strawbale home project in Santa Barbara that the series will follow through to completion. It also features Aedi Group Advisory Board member, Bill Browning. Have a [...]
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8 million US jobs in next 4 years
by Georges Dyer, Aedi Group
In case you missed it in the flurry of announcements and news timed for release around GreenBuild in November, a recent study from Booze Allen and the USGBC finds that green building will support nearly 8 million jobs and generate $554 billion dollars for the US economy over the next four [...]
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Strategic Sustainability
by Georges Dyer, Aedi Group
Below is an excellent, concise video presentation on “strategic sustainability” from our colleagues at Strategic Sustainable Investments. The only thing I would add is to emphasize that the sustainability principles represent only the basic constraints for a sustainable future – not necessarily a desirable future – so that any compelling vision [...]
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