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Why All Architects Should Tackle an Adaptive Reuse Project At Least Once in their Careers

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Renovation is not only a new creative frontier for architects, it is the future of architecture: according to Deloitte estimates, up to 90 percent of future development will involve re-designing existing buildings. At this point, adaptive reuse is mainstream, and the carbon-saving benefits are well-known (and widely touted).

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Sustainable Architecture Can’t Save the Planet. Change My Mind.

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This is an optimistic goal considering it requires a 45% drop in emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2050. Responses revealed an average of 64% of people in any country now see the environment as a critical emergency. Around 40% of annual worldwide CO2 emissions are linked to the built environment. on the previous 12 months at 37.1

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"Hard to find causes for optimism" say architects as COP27 begins in Sharm El-Sheikh

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Architects and built environment sustainability experts have expressed frustration at the slow pace of global action to reduce carbon emissions as the COP27 climate-change summit kicks off in Egypt. It is estimated that Africa, for example, needs about $53 billion annually in finance by 2030.