Carl Stein was designing buildings to be energy efficient and "green" well before a locution had been designated for it. In 1981 he coauthored the Handbook of Energy Use for Building Construction for the U.S. Department of Energy. He approaches sustainable design by understanding how a building uses energy. For example: the primary expense for an office building is the lighting. So, if you can find a way to use natural sunlight to light the interior then you have cut down on the most excessive energy cost for the company. This is how we need to gear our thinking when we approach sustainability. We should not just focus on the symptoms, but look for a cure in a figurative way.
Metropolis October 2004, pg 36
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