With the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, $6.7 billion has been allocated for renovations and repairs to federal buildings, including at least $6 billion focused on increasing energy efficiency and conservation.
These provisions mark a critical shift in the way we think about green buildings: existing buildings – not just new buildings – are critical to a low-carbon economy. In fact, the greenest building is the one you don’t build. Read more of the Environmental Leader article.>>
Image from Metro Jacksonville's story “An Era Gone By: Downtown Retail.”
4 comments:
Very good point. I hope this trend catches on.
This trend would catch on much more quickly if the powers that be would allow developers to come in and take these buildings from the city to renovate/revitalize instead of putting up roadblocks at every turn to make it nearly impossible to do anything in the Core. Grrrr.
You are both right. And the best way to start this happening is to contact the Mayor and the City Council to let them know.
Very true. Sounds like a plan. :)
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