We moved into an “old” house this month. Built over 80 years ago, you can sense the builder’s personality in … More
Tag: infrastructure
Why we should direct more attention to embodied emissions and concrete / cement
Why focus on embodied emissions? When I surveyed the landscape of Embodied, Operational, and End-of-Life emissions in the built environment … More
My moonshot idea
What’s YOUR moonshot idea? Here’s one of mine– Decentralized Autonomous HVAC Next steps for clean indoor air & new kinds … More
Plans for an infrastructure conference
A listening dialogue on infrastructure Like any good art project, this idea has been percolating in my mind for a … More
Fragmentation in the building industry
An excellent framing of the fragmentation in the building industry can be found in Dana A Sheffer’s 2010 dissertation on … More
Making infrastructure sexy
On Infrastructure The Temple of Heaven, a favorite site for a kid living in 1990s Beijing, captured my imagination with … More
Dialogues on Infrastructure
The following is an elaborated transcription from an in-person dialogue on Infrastructure. For a more navigable version of this content, … More