The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.
For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are a fraction of the impacts of transportation and building energy use. If we need to choose priority actions, the most important things are to densify, provide transit, and green the buildings.
I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past.
Instead of making grand structures and beautiful buildings, we should focus on the environment and the urban space and how you encourage people to live.
Seoul will strictly limit the total greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and expand the construction of zero-energy buildings.
We are proposing buildings that, like trees, are net energy exporters, produce more energy than they consume, accrue and store solar energy, and purify their own waste, water and release it slowly in a purer form.
New York's buildings must be cleaner and more energy-efficient.
Just like you have fire regulations, they should have regulations that no building would be made without charging points for electric vehicles.
