GREEN GROWS THE DRY CAMPUS

摘要

Given the record-breaking temperatures blanketing the United States over the past year, dismissing global warming as simply a cyclical climatological event is difficult. Even in Arizona. Thus, when Arizona State University decided to embark on its new ASU Polytechnic Academic Complex in Mesa, AZ, all design thinking was focused on creating a sustainable, environmentally healthy campus, even though unforgiving heat, strong winds and arid conditions are old news to residents of the arid southwest.