Eco-Architecture

Climate Change

New Tech

A Solution:

$3.5m per yearTaxpayers can save:

LEED:Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

A Local Example:

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‘S’ Houses$1,500 per installment

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Other factors

35% of the continent’s total CO2 emissions goes to construction

and use of buildings

For 80% of the top 10 and 65% of the top 20 architecture/engineering/planning firms in the US to reach complete carbon-neutral buildings by 2030

Eco-Architecture:

● Saves the environment● Saves money● Applicable everywhere

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