Tuesday evening I attended a lecture entitled Preserving Buildings as a Sustainable Strategy at the San Francisco American Institute of Architects. I was overjoyed to hear a structural engineer, David Cocke, talk about preservation in such a positive way. In addition, he reiterated a skepticism with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design point system that I share. The lecture introduced me to two great ways to worry about the future of our planet; an EcoCalculator, and an Embodied Energy Calculator.
On a side note the San Francisco Young Preservationist Network (or Heritage YP) is touring the rehabilitated Levi Strauss & Co factory, now Friends School. Though I can't attend, those who can, should!
