AIA Introductions To The Issues of Green Building
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto
on 08.19.08

The American Institute of Architects is putting together a series of videos on the issues of green building, called Greenstep. Subjects covered so far are water conservation, smart controls, radiant heating and cooling, and vegetation for sun control. I don't understand why having a video of a talking head doing a powerpoint show is more effective than just putting the information into a website, but if you can get past that there is a lot of good information to be gleaned from the Greenstep videos.
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