- LEED building standards conserve energy but fail to protect human health
- A fascinating comparison of fuel economy: planes vs cars vs bikes, etc.
- "pods [for automatic espresso machines] now account for 20 to 40 percent of the value of ground coffee sales in the $17 billion European coffee market...Nestlé is the first to take legal action to try to ward generics away from the gold mine of coffee by the pod."
- Regulations meant it took £8,000 (and three years) to change a lightbulb
- Sustainability: On August 21st, we exceeded nature's budget -- 4+ months too early. (Tax freedom day -- April 9th -- is a month or so too late :)
03 September 2010
Anything but water
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And actually, LEED certified buildings may not always conserve energy. See the NYTimes: "Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label."
Part of the issue is that buildings are rated on design, not construction and operation, so a design that looks good but is poorly built will not perform up to intention. Another part of the problem is that no ongoing monitoring is involved, so if a building is not performing up to plan for whatever reason there are no LEED-relevant consequences.
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