Build Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood

Build Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood. Published by Island Press in 2022

The amazing thing is that we have the technology and the planning to capture carbon to bring our beautiful home - The Earth - back into balance. The biggest emitter of carbon is actually our homes. It's the built environment that is causing so much havoc in our atmosphere. Life here is possible because of the warm cozy blanket that envelopes the Earth but we do not an extra wool blanket of carbon. Too much carbon, and we are so hot that it's changing the climate; therefore, changing how our food is grown, the extreme weather, droughts, and floods.

- so that's the bad news -

The good news is this book.

We already have the technology and still developing newer technology to sink the carbon back into our built environment where it should be - stored. Just as decades ago, there was no GPM on a car sticker before purchase. There are no stickers for carbon usage (in creating or emitting) for our houses. The cars changed. Our houses can too.

In this conversation with Bruce and Chris, you'll learn more about how to be a better consumer. What to ask for and what to look for. You'll learn more about how a simple house and a complex urban system is built. At the next county meeting, you'll be able to ask better questions of developers.

At the end of the day, Bruce said it best. Climate change will reverse because of women. When we learn to respect each other as a species. That in turn will lead to better environmental policies for our common mother - The Earth.

Please share this podcast with all of your architecture friends and students.

Build Beyond Zero: New Ideas for Carbon-Smart Architecture by Bruce King and Chris Magwood. Published by Island Press in 2022