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All of your comparisons to buildings or temperature or air quality in California, Paris, Beijing, etc are irrelevant, because we aren't talking about a building
by txcwpalpha 8y ago
All of your comparisons to buildings or temperature or air quality in California, Paris, Beijing, etc are irrelevant, because we aren't talking about a building in those places, or even a building with an environment similar to those places. This story is about a building in Seattle.
I don't know why you seem to be so riled up about this building. Why can't you read an article about a building that is achieving sustainability in an interesting way without being triggered by it? Sure, it has it's characteristics that some people might not prefer, but it's nothing to get so upset over.
- greedo 8y agoWhat's sustainable about this building? We don't know the TCO through its lifecycle, nor its energy usage. And all those inefficient desktop fans can't help.
- txcwpalpha 8y agoDid you read the article? It says it uses about half of the electricity of a normal office building.
- greedo 8y agoAnd it has less usable space for an office building. And is it comparing an office with AC turned to 78 degrees, or a standard office set to 68...