Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World | The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors. - eviltoast
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The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors.
  • clairexo@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Now, via Councilwoman Linda Lee’s cynical and vague Intro 772, the real estate lobby’s coming for a third: an exemption from the law’s provisions for condo and co-op building owners. LL97 targets large buildings. Make no mistake: Residential buildings don’t just stop polluting because people are living there instead of companies.

    I’m stumped by this one. Does the real estate lobby have much investment in co-ops and condos? Especially co-ops! I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding here, or if I’m noting something true here that this third example provided is less a matter of bowing to the pressure of the real estate lobby and more about easing the collateral effects that the legislation had on smaller (both far less resourced and far less impactful) entities