Technology, Design, Culture: Interconnected ingredients for moving beyond best practice in commercial buildings
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Overview Both the technologies and design concepts exist for a new generation of low-energy buildings that outperform today’s typical high-performance buildings. Cultural barriers, however, are a primary inhibitor of the widespread construction of these buildings. This paper first gives examples of existing technologies and design concepts exceeding today’s best practice, followed by successful built examples from Transsolar’s practice. We conclude with a broader discussion of the cultural barriers we believe prevent broader adoption of similar practices.
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