Thanks as always Lloyd for fighting the good fight. There are fewer deaf ears in the world as a result of your tenacity. In practice we do all we can to educate clients to renovate before new, electrify, and build for sufficiency arguing that a well designed house designed specifically for the client can be physically smaller and feel graciously accommodating. It helps that every square foot has an upfront first cost impact on budget and ongoing impact on operating costs:-) Keep up the great advocacy work!
"I am doing the closing plenary speech, you can’t do that virtually". One can do that vurtually. And in doing so provides dramatic leadership in calling for low-greenhouse-gas-emissions virtual conferences rather than high-greenhouse-gas-emissions physical conferences.
And what I never see from gatherings like this, that purport to know what everyone wants, is the TCO of all this and where that costing funding is going to come from?
And Lloyd? I always end up asking when I see statements like yours:
"Is it binding? Is it law? Nope, it is just a statement of principles and might be built into the next COP agreement."
...that there is never the admittance that the camel's nose (principles) is being shoved under the (COP) tent. And we all know how that has worked out thus far.
After all, why it may not be, as you state, de jure law at this point in time (especially here in the US where this would come under the rubric of a "treaty" that would require a positive vote by the US Senate), it often is treated like a signed document THAT MUST BE (de facto) FOLLOWED! and starts being grabbed by those that get high in telling/demanding others how to live their lives instead of making that choice themselves.
Congratulations Lloyd on your contributions to the Declaration de Chaillot: “Promoting the production, development, and use of low-carbon, durable, and cost-effective construction materials…”
Thanks as always Lloyd for fighting the good fight. There are fewer deaf ears in the world as a result of your tenacity. In practice we do all we can to educate clients to renovate before new, electrify, and build for sufficiency arguing that a well designed house designed specifically for the client can be physically smaller and feel graciously accommodating. It helps that every square foot has an upfront first cost impact on budget and ongoing impact on operating costs:-) Keep up the great advocacy work!
"I am doing the closing plenary speech, you can’t do that virtually". One can do that vurtually. And in doing so provides dramatic leadership in calling for low-greenhouse-gas-emissions virtual conferences rather than high-greenhouse-gas-emissions physical conferences.
And what I never see from gatherings like this, that purport to know what everyone wants, is the TCO of all this and where that costing funding is going to come from?
And Lloyd? I always end up asking when I see statements like yours:
"Is it binding? Is it law? Nope, it is just a statement of principles and might be built into the next COP agreement."
...that there is never the admittance that the camel's nose (principles) is being shoved under the (COP) tent. And we all know how that has worked out thus far.
After all, why it may not be, as you state, de jure law at this point in time (especially here in the US where this would come under the rubric of a "treaty" that would require a positive vote by the US Senate), it often is treated like a signed document THAT MUST BE (de facto) FOLLOWED! and starts being grabbed by those that get high in telling/demanding others how to live their lives instead of making that choice themselves.
Beautiful! Congratulations on contributing to an excellent outcome.
Great job, Lloyd
Congratulations Lloyd on your contributions to the Declaration de Chaillot: “Promoting the production, development, and use of low-carbon, durable, and cost-effective construction materials…”
amazing convergence, ACO was meeting with Ontario MPP's asking for re-use of existing buildings to become part of the Provincial Policy Statement.
Congratulations!