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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

So, I prefer wise buildings to smart buildings because we can go beyond statistical significance into a natural intelligence. Plato, and then Aristotle, his student, talked about what he called practical wisdom. Aristotle was looking for truth in science and numbers. Plato is looking for truth in meaning.

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Insights 2023: Mario Macri

Sustainability Matters

Just as e-mobility is an integral part of a ‘smart’ habitat because the infrastructure and vehicles are all connected, meaning power loads can be managed according to demand, the same applies to smart buildings. Since 2002 the SF 6 concentration in the atmosphere has doubled!