Drawing on Experience

Architect R.K. Stewart on building the future of sustainable design

By Sarah van Schagen
25 Apr 2008

If you build it, they will come. But if you build it green, you just may be able to save the planet.

Or so says a recent report, which suggests that green building could help cut North America's greenhouse-gas emissions more quickly and less expensively than any other measure. And word is getting out about the promise of this fast-growing field -- some have even called 2008 the official "Year of Green Building."