Comments on: Why Build2Sustain?

By: Christopher G. Hill

Christopher G. Hill — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:09:39 +0000

Good points. I hope that the Build2Sustain project can make this point. Reuse and renovation will be key especially in major metro centers.

By: Seattle Architects

Seattle Architects — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:45:12 +0000

Green design has become a buzz word in the industry, but it’s always been important, and it will only continue to become more important. In the US our buildings are designed to last only about 50 years and many never make it that long. I think this needs to change and buildings need to be able to be reused and transformed rather than replaced.

By: Christopher G. Hill

Christopher G. Hill — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:56:23 +0000

I appreciate your thoughts Tim. I too take a very client-centric view (as we lawyers must), but also like you, try and take the broad view of the issues of sustainability and look for the best way to show the benefits.

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By: Tim Hughes

Tim Hughes — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:11:35 +0000

I have run across Build2Sustain through reading your blog and I am definitely interested in learning more about and from the group.

You said a couple things in this post the really resonate with me — like you, I tend to come at things from a cost/benefit and risk analysis perspective. It feels like the cost side of the equation has often been misstated and continues to be misstated. If folks look at problems from a short term quarterly viewpoint, they always seem to miss long term return on investment. This is most dramatic when you start to inject tragedy of the commons type issues into the equation where the real costs get spread in ways that cannot be quantified.

While I have the client-centric view of these issues on one level, there is the other piece that it really feels like sustainable building and development really are the right thing to do even if there is some investment to make it work.

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Tweets that mention Build2Sustain: Practical Green Construction -- Topsy.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:49:56 +0000

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build2sustain (James Bedell) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:12:39 +0000

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