I love this article by Chris Kresser, who is the founder of the sustainable design firm, Sustainable Design Inc., which specializes in sustainable building. Chris is a strong advocate for sustainable design for both public buildings and private ones. He is proud to say that the majority of his clients are building owners or developers and are aware of the issues with building waste and the use of raw materials. His firm has offices in Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, and Lubbock.
Chris has an interesting article about sustainable design in the paper ( and you can read more in the article.
Chris is one of the reasons I visit the design and architecture websites a lot. In fact, he’s one of the reasons I want to attend the University of Texas at Austin. In spite of all his enthusiasm and interest in sustainable design, I think Chris is still somewhat of a greenie. He says if it is going to be successful, it must be sustainable, but at the same time, I think he’s a bit too optimistic in terms of how sustainable it can be.
Chris says he has a bit of a greenie streak, but I think he can be pretty hard on himself when he says that, and that’s not necessarily a good thing. He can be so fixated on a simple design or a simple system that he thinks is sustainable, but if he didn’t do the research or the thought work to find out if it was sustainable, then it wouldn’t be sustainable.
I think it is possible to design systems that are sustainable, but we must do the work to find out if it is sustainable. It is a good thing to know there is a chance it can be sustainable, but it is also important to not take the easy way out.
The new design work we have done is so important because it has to be sustainable. This includes the research we did before we did any design work. If we make something unsustainable, it will not work in the long run. Also, if we take the easy way out by taking an easy design and a cheap system and making them both unsustainable, we are in danger of making a bad deal.
We did a study of 30 different sustainable buildings and found that of the 30, only 10 were actually green. That’s why we are so passionate about sustainable design. We want to make our designs and processes as sustainable as possible so that they will last a long, long time.
Sustainable design is not just about energy efficiency, but also a range of other things like building materials, construction methods, and the way we treat our water. It’s not all about saving energy though; in fact, I would argue that it’s often more efficient to take your energy efficiency and throw it out the window.
The reason why it is more efficient to take your energy efficiency and throw it out the window is because we can do so much more with less. With less energy and less waste, we can accomplish many more things that will improve life on this planet. We can literally make our designs and processes as sustainable as possible.
The new sustainable design news that our team is releasing is a report that looks at and compares a wide range of different methods of making a sustainable design. The results of these studies will be published in the next issue of our magazine, and are sure to be a breath of fresh air for designers.