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How is it green...
to demolish existing buildings and replace them with new ones, in a city with a shrinking population? This quote jumped out at me: "we're taking down about a thousand homes per year." All the embodied energy of those houses is thrown away when the buildings are demolished, not to mention all the irreplaceable materials that are sent to landfills.
I'm all for green new construction, when new buildings are needed, but I'm not sure why new buildings are needed if the city has so many that are not being used. Recycling those buildings, by reusing them (at least the ones that are not too far gone to save) would be a lot greener than tearing them down and building new ones - after all, no matter how green the new houses are in terms of operational energy, the new materials don't come from nowhere and they don't ship and assemble themselves.On Can Cleveland bring itself back from the brink? posted 1 year, 6 months ago 7 Responses
Is it green...
to demolish existing buildings and replace them with new ones? This quote jumped out at me: "we're taking down about a thousand homes per year." All the embodied energy of those houses is thrown away when the buildings are demolished, not to mention all the irreplaceable materials that are sent to landfills. I'm all for green new construction, when new buildings are needed, but I'm not sure why new buildings are needed if the city has so many that are not being used. Recycling those buildings, by reusing them (at least the ones that are not too far gone to save) would be a lot greener than tearing them down and building new ones - after all, no matter how green the new houses are in terms of operational energy, the new materials don't come from nowhere and they don't ship and assemble themselves.On Can Cleveland bring itself back from the brink? posted 1 year, 6 months ago 7 Responses