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Lessons We Can Learn From Old Buildings And Apply to New Ones

10/14/2009
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  • prismvertical
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • buildingletters-inhabitat
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Air Shaft, photo from Smithsonian
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • lloydphoto-ed01
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • whitepinephoto
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • vertical-prisms
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • modern-daylighting-ed01
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • glass-ceiling
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • penn537
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • inhabitat-tree
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • naturalwindows
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • inhabitat-lessons
    Buildings consume <b>76%</b> of electricity generated; they create <b>48%</b> of our greenhouse gases; <b>a quarter</b> of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/lessons-we-can-learn-from-old-buildings-and-apply-to-new-ones/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Buildings consume 76% of electricity generated; they create 48% of our greenhouse gases; a quarter of our waste in landfills comes from construction. Yet we continue to tear down perfectly good ones and replace them with new ones that don't perform as well and don't last as long. If we understood what old buildings are saying to us, we would be less eager to rip them down, and perhaps might even emulate them in our new buildings....

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