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May 10, 2022

How To Make Our Buildings More Sustainable

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How To Make Our Buildings More Sustainable

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Houston is changing. It's getting hotter here, and summer lasts longer. We're getting bigger storms. Energy is way more expensive. And now, lots of Houstonians are thinking about ways to live here that won't wreck the planet for generations to come. So how do we DO that? Today, Dina talks with Rives Taylor, co-leader of Global Design Resilience for the architecture firm Gensler. He also teaches architecture at both Rice and the University of Houston. And as a long-time Houstonian, he's though a LOT about how to make our buildings better.


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