The 2010 Imperative
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2010 Imperative is an initiative issued by Architecture 2030 that requires ecological literacy, largely missing from the curriculum in the United States, to become a key element of design education by 2010, in order to combat global warming and world resource depletion.
[edit] The initiative
The 2010 Imperative calls for the following:
"Solutions to design problems must engage the environment in a way that dramatically reduces or eliminates the need for fossil fuel."
- Beginning in 2007, educators should add to all design studio problems the following requirement:
- By 2010, all academic design curricula shall achieve complete ecological literacy in design education, including the following areas of study:
design / studio
history / theory
materials / technology
structures / construction
professional practice / ethics
- By 2010, all design school campuses shall achieve a carbon-neutral footprint.
This may be accomplished by implementing innovative sustainable design strategies, generating on-site renewable power and/or purchasing a maximum of 20% renewable energy and/or certified renewable energy credits (REC's, Green tags).
[edit] See also
- Architecture 2030
- The 2030 Challenge
- Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
- Sustainable architecture
- Green building
- Low-energy building
- Low-carbon economy
