<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Bill - the 10% was just an example to help understand the format in which I was looking for an answer, not to be taken literally.</div><div><br></div><div>Look forward to any other information you might find.</div><div><br></div><div>Hal - thanks for your detailed reply, will write to you once I review.</div><div><br></div><div>Ramana. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Bill Bordass <<a href="mailto:bilbordass@aol.com">bilbordass@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Dear Ramana<div><br></div><div>Why do you want a target of this kind - and certainly such a modest one as 10%?<div><br></div><div>Surely the challenge we face is: <i>How low can we go? </i>Get firms competing to do that. </div><div><br></div><div>And no offsetts or other subterfuges allowed please. You do these to compensate for what you have done, not to make it disappear.</div><div><br></div><div>We need radical change in the way we do things, not nips and tucks round the edges. As my colleague Rod Bunn says: <i>What we've got used to, we're not entitled to.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><div>One cardinal rule: try not to go in an aeroplane. It is about the fastest way anyone can pollute the atmosphere legally.</div><div><br></div><div>I know a firm that has done quite comprehensive accounting. I'll see if they have anything to say.</div><div><br></div><div>With good wishes</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Bill</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>Bill Bordass, the Usable Buildings Trust, c/o10 Princess Road, London NW1 8JJ, England</div><div>Phone and fax 020-7722 2630, International +4420 7722 2630</div><div><a href="mailto:bilbordass@aol.com"><a href="mailto:bilbordass@aol.com">bilbordass@aol.com</a></a>, <a href="http://www.usablebuildings.co.uk"><a href="http://www.usablebuildings.co.uk">www.usablebuildings.co.uk</a></a></div><div><br></div></span></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i><div><div>On 7 Apr 2009, at 04:01, Ramana Koti wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks Teri. I did not frame my question right.<br><br>I was actually referring to setting reduction a target after a complete greenhouse gas accounting exercise (including operational energy, transportation to and from work, work related long distance travel, material recycling etc). I'm looking for an answer like 10% reduction over yr 2001 baseline by 2015.<br> <br>Ramana.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Terri Meyer Boake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tboake@uwaterloo.ca"><a href="mailto:tboake@uwaterloo.ca">tboake@uwaterloo.ca</a></a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ramana<br> <br> I am just going by those posted on the 2030 web site and would extrapolate "office" in general.<br> <a href="http://www.architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/targets.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/targets.html">http://www.architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/targets.html</a></a><br> <a href="http://www.architecture2030.org/downloads/2030_Challenge_Targets_National.pdf" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.architecture2030.org/downloads/2030_Challenge_Targets_National.pdf">http://www.architecture2030.org/downloads/2030_Challenge_Targets_National.pdf</a></a><br> <br> best<br> <br> Terri<br> <br> Ramana Koti wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5"> All,<br> Is anyone familiar with any prevalent greenhouse gas emission reduction targets specific to architecture/design firms in the US?<br> Sorry for the cross postings.<br> Thanks,<br> <br> RAMANA KOTI Assoc. 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