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The lower 9th ward.. more than three years has passed after Hurricane katrina, the extent of damages the combination of flood and wind has caused can still be seem today. As the temperature of the ocean rises, we can count on bigger hurricanes and more of them. Unless a concerted efforts can be made by every single person in this world to reduce the amount of co2 emission and put a stop to the climatic changes, the tragedies in New Orleans, will be destined to repeat it self.

Building account for 40% of the Co2 emission in this country, which in turn represent 9% of the Co2 emission of the entire world. Recognizing our implicit responsibility to reduce the environmental impact of our buildings. The building industry as a whole have accelerated the adoption of sustainable building standards such as LEED from the US green building consul.

As a firm, we recognized the need to realign our design philosophy with the new paradigm of sustainable building practices. The age of the cheap and bountiful energy has passed and we are now suffering the consequences. But at the same time we had always strive for elegant, efficient and cost effective designs for functional buildings. And in some way, it was not a dramatic shift for us to go green. Rather it was a more formal and structured process of understanding the cause and consequences of specific approaches towards individual building systems and what alternatives are available.




b. This is the USS XXXXXX on its xx day long voyage from Saudi Arabia to XXXXX, despite its enormous size it is only a small part of the 13 million barrels of oil that is needed to satisfy the demand for oil in the US every single day. In addition to oil, US also import 300 million kilowatt per day worth of electricity and 600 billion cubic feet worth of natural gas per year.
This reliance on foreign energy source, not only adds to our already enormous trade deficit but it also represents a tremendous strategic compromise and place the power to determine the cost to keep our nation running, firmly in foreign hands.
To reduce our reliance is to reduce our consumption.
And buildings, which account for 40% of the total energy consumed in the US would be a good place to start.