Comments on: The 10 Dumbest Green Buildings on Earth http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steeb84 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-129992 Steeb84 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:41:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129992 ur all dumb hippies ur all dumb hippies

]]> By: home interior http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-129920 home interior Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:11:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129920 more... you say Dumbest but i think it's great... lol... <a href="http://www.homeinteriorgallery.com" rel="nofollow">Home interior gallery</a> more… you say Dumbest but i think it’s great… lol…
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]]> By: Anonymous http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-129917 Anonymous Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:29:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129917 Dubai is a vast temple to human stupidity. They're building a giant city in the edge of a desert where there is no fresh water and the bulk of the city sits only a few metres above sea level.  Climate change is happening the sea level will rise and Dubai will be nothing but ruins. The whole thing is a Ponzi scheme designed to impress foreign bankers into lending local developers money to build vacant towers.  Dubai is a vast temple to human stupidity. They’re building a giant city in the edge of a desert where there is no fresh water and the bulk of the city sits only a few metres above sea level. 

Climate change is happening the sea level will rise and Dubai will be nothing but ruins. The whole thing is a Ponzi scheme designed to impress foreign bankers into lending local developers money to build vacant towers. 

]]> By: aw http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-129624 aw Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:50:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129624 as an architect, I feel that your criticism is misplaced.  LEED certification is really, really expensive.  the fact that these developers decided to spend money for it is commendable in itself.  if you'd like to provide a meaningful criticism, put together a "10 least sustainable building functions" list, or "10 least sustainable recreational activities" list.  but to criticize these projects for throwing down hundreds of thousands of dollars to achieve a sustainable rating, despite their less than sustainable programs is fairly sophomoric.  criticize the market and cultural forces that created these projects, not the projects themselves.   as an architect, I feel that your criticism is misplaced.  LEED certification is really, really expensive.  the fact that these developers decided to spend money for it is commendable in itself.  if you’d like to provide a meaningful criticism, put together a “10 least sustainable building functions” list, or “10 least sustainable recreational activities” list.  but to criticize these projects for throwing down hundreds of thousands of dollars to achieve a sustainable rating, despite their less than sustainable programs is fairly sophomoric.  criticize the market and cultural forces that created these projects, not the projects themselves.  

]]> By: BEETY http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-129444 BEETY Wed, 18 May 2011 09:15:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129444 lol.. dude..THEY ARE ATLEAST DOIN THEIR BIT. wat th hel u doin?! lol.. dude..THEY ARE ATLEAST DOIN THEIR BIT. wat th hel u doin?!

]]> By: Uncle Danny http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-129303 Uncle Danny Thu, 05 May 2011 03:51:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129303 Then there are the folks that will bitch if you feed them with a green spoon. Then there are the folks that will bitch if you feed them with a green spoon.

]]> By: Joe http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-129080 Joe Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:11:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-129080 You obviously don't play golf. You obviously don’t play golf.

]]> By: Archea http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-128804 Archea Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:30:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-128804 Perhaps the author could go a bit greener himself and quit breathing. His exhaled breath is just so much CO2! I'm sorry, I set the the bar very high...if we'd all just go back to living in caves and eat berries and nuts the earth may then be OK! Perhaps the author could go a bit greener himself and quit breathing. His exhaled breath is just so much CO2! I’m sorry, I set the the bar very high…if we’d all just go back to living in caves and eat berries and nuts the earth may then be OK!

]]> By: Eihshan http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-128448 Eihshan Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:24:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-128448 I disagree with the author.. imagine some conventional buildings of the same functions in the same site of the existing green buildings.. their carbon footprint will be higher than a green building.. I disagree with the author.. imagine some conventional buildings of the same functions in the same site of the existing green buildings.. their carbon footprint will be higher than a green building..

]]> By: Matty http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/02/16/the-10-dumbest-green-buildings-on-earth/comment-page-3/#comment-128278 Matty Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:33:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=921#comment-128278 Any new building is a drag on the environment so "green" architecture is generally green washing. I do feel that LEED and architects have co-opted the green movement. But in a time of continued economic and population growth the only hope I have is that as older buildings are retired and replaced, the new generation of buildings will all be zero net energy or low impact. Any new building is a drag on the environment so “green” architecture is generally green washing. I do feel that LEED and architects have co-opted the green movement. But in a time of continued economic and population growth the only hope I have is that as older buildings are retired and replaced, the new generation of buildings will all be zero net energy or low impact.

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