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Greenest building is one already built

Postby newsposter » Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:15 pm

Why the Most Environmental Building is the Building We've Already Built
by Emily Badger in The Atlantic (Cities), Jan 24, 2012

Why old buildings are almost always better for the environment than new ones...

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housin ... uilt/1016/
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Postby newsposter » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:50 am

Study Confirms Environmental Benefits of Adaptive Reuse

Posted by: Jonathan Nettler on www.planetizen.com (a great urban planning news website - np )

26 January 2012 - 2:00pm

Sarah Laskow reports on a new study from the National Trust for Historic Preservation that confirms and quantifies the adage that reuse of a historic building is more sustainable than LEED certified new construction.

As Laskow reports, one item of interest to come out of the report is that renovated buildings outperformed new buildings on energy savings in every category of building type except for one: "converting a warehouse to a multi-family dwelling, which required enough extra materials that creating a new building was the greener choice."

"One goal of the report was to make the case for building reuse as smart development practice, an option that is often overlooked. For green-minded preservationists, the data in the report gives heft to long-held beliefs: As TreeHugger’s Lloyd Alter puts it, 'As a writer about sustainable design [the report] backs up the arguments I have been making for years, and as a preservation activist, it gives me and everyone in the movement the ammunition we need to demonstrate that old buildings are green.'"

Full Story:Why Historic Buildings Are Greener Than LEED-Certified New Ones http://www.good.is/post/why-historic-bu ... fied-ones/

Source: Good, January 26, 2012
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