ENVS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ecotax, Sustainable Energy, Tree House
22 Feb 2019
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We don"t need to build, we have enough energy supply. Climate change issue is avoidable- but due to money profiteers like jpmorgan, et need their sales of energy suppliers (like fridgerators, etc) Green projects: extra regulations and permits not needed for normal builders. Offer people cash rewards like feed in tariff to bring in renewable energy. Boost taxes for gas-vehicles, tax policy to gift to pubic transit. Ex:germany- over 60 initiaties to combat climate change. Going increase electricity to 20% by 2020 put ecotax in 1999 has huge solar roof program. 39% of worlds installed capacity of wind power denmark = 20% Sustainability: biomimicry- finding something that resembles a natural system. Building looks like a tree: using natural processes as design elements. Water falling down looking like waterfall: designing buildings with natural materials. Use materials like stone or wood: designing buildings that imitate aspects of the natural world.
