Before going into agriculture, and the available figures for it, I will briefly summarize how evaluate keeping resource loops closed. Fot this a calculation method has been developed, called MAXergy, with Embodied Land as a measuring unit. To close resource… Continue Reading
How are we going to ensure that buildings will be sustainable, that is to say, with the least impact on the environment, concerning raw materials depletion, loss of biodiversity and, above all, CO2 emissions as the most urgent effect of… Continue Reading
Strange, really, that calculating in kWh seems normal for everyone. Especially in this time, because kWh does say nothing about the origin of the energy, which can be anything, from labor, wind turbines, or coal to nuclear energy. Currently it… Continue Reading
Policies, (financial-) economy , technology, religion, and even science to some level, are all human thought up constructs, that are not grounded in physical reality, but in human perception of life and how to live it. There is no natural… Continue Reading
So I went to Cuba, to to experience this type of society with my own eyes, and before it would be spoiled by tourism from the USA. In my lectures I regularly compare countries, and Cuba always comes forward as… Continue Reading
Cuba has fascinated me since my youth. Of course, in the sixties and seventies as collective resistance against capitalism and imperialism. On one side I was attracted to the ideas behind the revolutions, on the other side I was a… Continue Reading
A lot has been said and published about the energy and material impact of houses. What usually stays out of sight is the inhabitant. And I do not mean his behavior, but his ‘being’ , his need over the years… Continue Reading
For my final thesis during my study, I had to design a small theater. And since I combined studies in architecture and building physics, the question was how to combine these two. Nobody knew in the University. (And today, that… Continue Reading
Many solutions are ‘invented’, to improve our resource consumption patterns, and reduce climate change. And we are very creative. One of the solutions is the ‘Sharing economy’. But does this have a real effect, is what I wonder? I came… Continue Reading
Around 150 years ago, started the big party for architects . Except for the elevator, the consequences of which I wrote in a previous article , many new other inventions came available, thanks to fossil energy: (reinforced) concrete, steel, glass,… Continue Reading