Det har været et stykke tid siden jeg har skrevet om regionalisme i bæredygtigt design. Sidst selv, især gennem min involvering med Irvington Green Initiative, har jeg haft en række diskussioner om bæredygtighed i de lokale forretninger. Så da jeg læste en artikel af Lance Hosey i arkitekt magasin om \ "lokalisme \" i bæredygtigt design, regnede jeg det var på tide at re-besøg emnet og prøve at binde to af mine lidenskaber sammen.
Mr. Hosey's artikel er en anden tage på Vanity Fair seneste \ "World Architecture Survey. \" Hvor Vanity Fair åbnet deres undersøgelse op til dine fem vigtigste strukturer siden 1980, Hosey foretaget en meningsmåling, der søger dine fem vigtigste "grønne" bygninger siden 1980. Du kan tjekke de resultater af undersøgelserne for dig selv, men det, der virkelig interesserede mig, var drivkraften for Hosey's \ "Toward lokalisme \" artikel.
At opsummere det, blev han overrasket over den manglende \ "sted-base innovation \", den manglende lokalisme, den mangel på projekter designet og bygget specielt til deres unikke steder. Lokalisme. Eller Regionalisme hvis du vil.
Hosey går på at liste 5 sted-specifikke projekter, der vundet stemmer. Så hvorfor er disse typer af projekter, så vigtig? Hvorfor støtter lokale erhvervsliv så vigtigt? Her er min top 3: De støtter lokale arbejdspladser / lokal economyThey leverer tjenesteydelser og produkter specifikt er behov for i din areaThey ofte anvende materialer og ressourcer, der er indkøbt locallyAnd så cyklus gentager og vedligeholder sig selv.
Så hvordan i verden forholder det sig i bæredygtigt design og konstruktion? Igen, min top 3: Tid-bevist, lokale byggeteknikker kender til lokale håndværkere og støtte lokale job / lokal economyTime gennemprøvede, lokale teknologier til opvarmning, køling og anvendelse af naturressourcer er ofte mere effektiv og mindre expensiveTime gennemprøvet, lokale materialer har klaret sig (både bogstaveligt og billedligt talt), og har vist sig gennem generationer
Så du ser, lokale virksomheder og lokalisme er ikke så forskellig, når det kommer til spørgsmålet om bæredygtighed. Næste gang du taler med din favorit, lokale arkitekt eller bygherre, inddrage dem i en samtale om lokalisme eller regionalisme. Du er her, handle her, design for her og bygge for her.
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Obesity
Obesity is when a person is carrying too much body fat for their height and sex. A person is considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) - weight in kilograms divided by their height in meters squared - of 30 or greater. Obesity can happen when you eat more calories than you burn off over a period of time.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.