SANTA FE, NM – Twenty-four of the largest and most influential architecture, engineering, and development firms based in the U.S., which are responsible for a combined $100 billion in building construction annually, have joined forces with Architecture 2030, a leading non-profit research organization, to call on Congress to update national building code standards to meet steep […]
Some in Congress are calling for a massive U.S. effort to build 100 new nuclear power plants in an attempt to move the country toward energy independence and significant GHG emissions reductions. Are 100 New Nuclear Plants the Answer? The proof is in the data. There’s simply no comparison. Whereas the 100 nuclear power plants […]
Download the Architecture 2030 Fact Sheet (.pdf) • Watch a Video of Mr. Mazria’s Testimony Architecture 2030’s in-depth analysis (Fact Sheet) of the House Climate Bill sheds new light on the considerable advantages and efficacy of updating the national building energy code to meet the 2030 Challenge. Following is a commentary by Edward Mazria: Buried […]
An outcome of Architecture 2030’s ongoing efforts to educate Congressional members on the positive impacts of updating the National Model Building Energy Code Standards to meet the 2030 Challenge targets, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has incorporated updating the national code standards to meet these targets into the code provisions of […]
Download the 14x Stimulus Plan (.pdf) • Download the 14x Plan at-a-Glance (.pdf) • Download Implementation Guide (.pdf) What if there was a way for states, cities, and counties to leverage each $1 of federal stimulus money spent to generate $14 of private spending, create 14 times the number of jobs, reimburse the federal government […]
On February 18, Edward Mazria appeared at the National Building Museum in DC with John Podesta who, as a key advisor to President Obama and President of the Center for American Progress, is another of today’s most influential minds. A video of the event, presented as part of the museum’s ongoing For the Greener Good […]
Self-Sustaining Market-Based Jobs vs. “Handouts” On June 11, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee invited Edward Mazria to give testimony before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community on building efficiency and job creation measures in the Green Act of 2009 (H.R. 2336). Download Mazria’s Written Testimony (.pdf)
Edward Mazria talks to TreeHugger Radio about the 2030 Challenge.
On February 26, 2009 Edward Mazria was called before the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to give expert testimony on reducing energy consumption in buildings. Following his appearance at the full committee hearing, Mr. Mazria responded to a list of questions for the record from U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and […]
By Edward Mazria I was wondering when it would happen, a Building Sector disinformation campaign launched by vested interests. Well, it’s happened. The campaign hit The New York Times on Saturday, and it comes from NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. It appears just as the country has come to grips with the fact […]
