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Old Posted Sep 7, 2022, 5:08 PM
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Originally Posted by bartlebooth View Post
I think it's irresponsible for any architect or developer to propose an all glass tower in 2022 given the climate crisis. The amount of energy required to keep these buildings habitable isn't trivial. I get that we want to see a change in the status quo in this town (RLA charcoal brick monstrosities) but I don't believe this is the way to go.
We could say the same about the ever present charcoal brick designs that contribute to the heat island effect and probably increase the hydro bills from running the a/c in summer.
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