<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Absolutely agree, we have to stop using money as the comparison. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>We went to Mount Vernon on Sunday, en route I noticed hundreds of lights on during the day, outdoor metro stops, street lights, outside buildings... escalators running when no one is using them, etc. etc.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>If talking in money worked, non of the above would happen. But energy terms will probably not help either.</span> The answer may lie in a carbon footprint number. But then again, marketing folks will find a way to make wasteful numbers look good.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">~sanjay<br></div><br><br><span></span><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Alan Abrams <alan@abramsdesignbuild.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> archilogic@chaffyahoo.ca; Green Building <greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:35 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Greenbuilding] Perceptions of Nature & Reality<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>
<meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div id="yiv1654028471"><div>but still we need a vocabulary that bridges or penetrates the fear, or laziness, or just plain hardheadedness of the majority of our clients whose minds--even those that have earned JD's and PhD's--switch off like a light when when you start talking to them about kWh's and Btu's. particularly those who begin the conversation with: "We want to be as green <i><b>as possible</b></i>..." </div>
<div><br></div><div>if anyone figures this out, call me collect...</div><div><br></div><div>AA</div><br clear="all"><div><font><font><span style="color:rgb(102,0,0);">Alan Abrams</span></font><b style="color:rgb(102,0,0);"><br>
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