http://blog.epa.gov/science/2012/10/better-buildings-better-communities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=better-buildings-better-communities It All Starts with Science - An EPA Blog about Science Matters Thu, 16 May 2013 20:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.epa.gov/science/2012/10/better-buildings-better-communities/#comment-176 Bernard Ferster Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:21:07 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/science/?p=1280#comment-176 You are correct, the skills and knowledge of all the experts you mentioned are to be desired. But the owner must pay for all these inputs, and the owner, especially if a commercial landlord, is often concerned first with the bottom line. The burden then must fall on the architect, or on the Planning Authorities, to educate the owner and the public that the added costs are necessary.

]]> http://blog.epa.gov/science/2012/10/better-buildings-better-communities/#comment-175 Jim Swanek Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:59:01 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/science/?p=1280#comment-175 You seem to have forgotten historians, who should never be subsumed under “social scientists” and likely have a far greater understanding of sustainability than the rest combined.

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