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Can we achieve sustainable architecture?
We have it in our power to achieve sustainable architecture. We can reduce substantially the energy needed by our buildings. We can meet much of this need with solar and wind energy, both of which are renewable, nonpolluting, and available on the site itself.
In many instances, we can build on land that has been recovered from abusive practices of the past such as contaminated industrial sites, demolished buildings, and land on which poor agricultural practices have led to extensive soil erosion.
We can build with wood from certified forests, ones that are harvested and replanted in such a way that they will produce wood forever. We can build with wood recovered from old buildings that have been taken down. In each of these examples, we are building in such a way as to pass on to future generations the means to build in a similar fashion.
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