Construction a new energy-efficient building is more harmful to the environment than reusing an existing structure.
Construction a new energy-efficient building is more harmful to the environment than reusing an existing structure, according to a new report.
“When we say something is green and it gets some sort of accolade or LEED certification, in my opinion, what we’re really doing is simply smoking Marlboro Lights as opposed to Marlboro reds,” said Jeff Myhre of Myhre Group Architects. “We’re still smoking. We’re still paving. We’re still polluting. We’re still having an environmental impact on the planet, and that’s for any new building, period.”
Portland has many aging buildings ripe for adaptive reuse. The trouble is that many retrofits would trigger costly improvements, like seismic upgrades, that can outweigh a building’s potential for future revenue.
Read more at The Daily Journal of Commerce.
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