Chicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan

摘要

By now, most akchitects realize that in ordei to mitigate global wanning, we need not only build more efficient new buildings, but also retrofit the existing building stock so that it meets modern standards of efficiency. But if that retrofitting is done in a scattershot way, who's to say what progress has been made?rnThe team at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, known for net-zero and positive energy designs, lent its expertise to its hometown of Chicago in an effort to help the city meet its carbon reduction goals, which include 25 percent reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2020 and 100 percent reduction in carbon emissions for new and renovated buildings by 2030, in accordance with the 2030 Challenge.