e2: Green Apple

e2 design 1.1 green apple

• https://elab.hpa.edu/apes/videos/e2/e2%20design%201/

1. Why is it confusing to think of NYC as an ecosystem? 
2. Why does it make sense?
3. Why is per capita a more accurate measure? ("capita" means head, where you wear your cap)
4. Why did the guy who moved into the country gain weight?
5. A wise person once said that the greatest cities are those built with walking in mind. How is this different in LA?
6. Why would a skyscraper be more efficient than a smaller building?
7. How did “environmental” become “smarter”?
8. How was 4 Times Square a prototype? What other prototype buildings do you know of?
9. Transparent PV panels were mentioned in the video. How would this change the frit concept?
10. “Blast furnace slag” and "fly ash" are used for the concrete in the film. Why is fly ash banned in Europe?
11. Instead of using drinking water to flush toilets, they use what?
12. Why is a 5 year ROI basic business sense?
13. How is payback different in Europe and Japan?
14. What parts of the Living Building Challenge resonate with this video?
15. What would make you want to live in the Solaire, near Battery Park?
16. What are the blue things on the side of the building?
17. We are 4.6% of the global population, consuming how much of the world’s resources?

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