Growing Green Building from Saskatchewan to Seattle | Reality Sandwich
It is no great surprise that many of the early advances in green building were directly linked to energy crises; however it would appear that the real grassroots momentum was a result of academic focus, product differentiation, and profit motive. … The origins of green building in North America go back to the 1200′s where there is evidence of the Anasazi people of the Southwest designing whole villages to take advantage of solar warming in winter months. …
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