World leaders are meeting this week and next for the Paris Climate Talks. Since architects are visual people, we’ve assembled some of the best representations of the current climate situation.
Climate Change
5 Reasons to Go Easy on your AC – Even When Its Hot
AC is an easy knee jerk reaction to a hot day, but you should consider keeping your indoor temperature a little closer to the outdoor today. Here’s why
Permeable Surfaces Protect Chicago’s River and Lake from Sewage Overflow
Last night’s storm flooded the Chicago water treatment system. Result: sewage overflow into Lake Michigan. Here’s how we can stop it!
Buildings and Climate Change: Good Design Can Help
We don’t want to belabor the often-depressing facts on climate change any more than necessary … but it does seem necessary to acknowledge the most recent report from the International Panel on Climate Change. Whether or not you’ve read anything about their findings you should be able to pass this pop quiz. Look, we know no […]
Why the Polar Vortex is Part of a Changing Climate
Recent temperatures during the “Polar Vortex” in Chicago left an arctic fog crawling over Lake Michigan, and those who were able to, sequestered in the safety and warmth of their homes as dangerously cold weather hit on a Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon. More incredible photos via Huffington Post. A warmed up Arctic caused a […]
Support USA grass fed beef and reduce our dependency on international supplies
What we eat and how it is produced is one of the biggest influencers of climate change, whether it is grown locally or abroad, whether it is meat or vegetable, down to the type of meat and what it’s been fed. Environmental Working Group’s Meat Eater’s Guide helps break down some of these choices, using […]
Developed Countries Need to Step up on Energy Reform
Warsaw Climate Talks Opened this week In a disheartening report by the New York Times this morning, Japan declares it will not meet the reduced carbon emissions target it set for 2020, citing the Fukushima disaster of 2011. The country is currently using zero percent nuclear power, which had previously supplied around 30% of the […]