Edward Mazria and the AIA have a good point. The architectural community needs to do more to stop global warming. The Santa Fe, New Mexico-based architect's new online project, architecture2030.org, which launched January 3, is dedicated to reversing the building industry's contribution to global climate change (see "Web Site Promotes Zero-Emission Construction," page 15). While slightly less ambitious than Mazria's call for a "carbon-neutral" world by 2030, the AlA's recent positioning statement on sustainable design and resource conservation is equally welcome and necessary. The institute is advocating a "minimum reduction of 50 percent of the current consumption level of fossil fuels used to construct and operate buildings by the year 2010."
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