Constructing energy-efficient buildings is both an art and a science. In this audio lecture, Amory Lovins draws on examples from several countries to show how local materials and resources can be used in creative ways not only to save costs but also to improve health conditions of the residents.
Professor Lovins concludes with some inspiring words on the progress that has been made so far with certified green building practices. He reassures us that imaginative design is not rocket science, and requires most of all that we decide to do things in ways that we are not used to. Lovins encourages simplicity in building design, citing the well known quote from Einstein: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
This is part two of a two-part presentation on “Energy Efficiency in Buildings”. It is also the first in a series of five talks on Energy Efficiency by Amory Lovins and is brought to you by MAP.
Amory B. Lovins, a MacArthur Fellow and consultant physicist, has advised the energy and other industries for 34 years as well as the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. His work in over 50 countries has been recognized by the “Alternative Nobel,” Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, nine honorary doctorates, honorary membership of the American Institute of Architects, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, Jean Meyer, Time Hero for the Planet, and World Technology Awards.
He advises industries and governments worldwide, and has briefed 19 heads of state. He co-founded and leads Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent, market-oriented, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, nonpartisan think-and-do tank that creates abundance by design. Much of its pathfinding work on advanced resource productivity and innovative business strategies is synthesized in Natural Capitalism. More than 80 Fortune 500 firms have lately used or invited RMI’s consultancy. RMI earns most of its revenue from such programmatic enterprise, including the superefficient edesign of $30 billion worth of facilities in 29 sectors, and has spun off four for-profit firms (e.g., E SOURCE, www.esource.com, and Fiberforge, www.fiberforge.com). His Pentagon-cosponsored 29th book (2004), now being implemented in the private sector, is Winning the Oil Endgame.
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