I bring up this because we were JUST talking about this tonight. Regarding reducing building construction waste, on 'Big Ideas for a Small Planet' on Sundance today there was Michelle Kaufmann, a "prefab architect" who, after building her own home prefab, started a company in the bay area doing sustainable modular prefab homes. Everything is made in the shop in pieces (everything), and brought to site to be "installed." Since it's all manufactured in one place they can also assure quality control and of course environmental standards (recycled content, insulation, etc...). I'd like to think about how this would apply to hi-rises in NYC, but I'm scared I'd wake up in the middle of the night with union rep business agents and large scary men who intend on placing me at the bottom of some river, or in a wet concrete footing somewhere.
Oh yeah, on that same episode, there was bit on Carlton Brown building green affordable housing in Harlem and it showed some Pratt students.
PS:
"The most sustainable material is the one that you don't use."
-Michelle Kaufmann
"If you're standing on the sideline, you don't have the right to complain."
-Carlton Brown
"Bla bla bla, bla bla bla bla"
-Senators McCain and Obama
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