Scientist tell us that in order to avoid dangerous climate change we must keep global warming under 2°C above pre-industrial levels (we are currently at 0.7°C above pre-industrial levels). We will meet our responsibility in keeping global warming under this threshold by adopting the following CLIMATE ACTION PLAN:

• That all new buildings, developments and major renovation projects be designed to use 1/2 the fossil fuel energy to construct and operate then they would typically consume.
• This fossil fuel reduction standard for the operation of all new buildings must be increased to:

  60% in 2010

  70% in 2015

  80% in 2020

  90% in 2025

  carbon-neutral by 2030 (meaning they will use no fossil fuel energy to operate).

• In our professional schools, require the establishment of a mandatory, full-year, innovative, studio-based program which promotes creative problem-solving relevant to climate change— one which incorporates a deep understanding of the relationship between nature and design in all core courses.
• Incorporate information regarding the embodied energy in building materials into a federally sponsored, nationwide, American Institute of Architects (AIA) continuing-education program with the specific goal of reducing the embodied energy of building designs by 50% in the next five years. Add embodied energy information into architectural specification sytems.
  
  

 “2030 °Challenge” Targets by Building Type