Buildings 2016
What initiatives, policies and technologies can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that buildings will account for over 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 and that nearly half of these emissions can be avoided at modest cost, all of which makes buildings one of the sectors that holds greatest potential for climate change mitigation. This contest seeks proposals on how emissions from buildings can be significantly reduced, with a focus on increasing energy efficiency.
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Proposals
Let's build more sustainable buildings by empowering people to design their homes and shape their communities.
Build an affordable, off-grid, 100% solar powered tiny house as a model to advocate for the formation of carbon-neutral housing communities.
Teaching people to build low carbon footprint, energy efficient, and naturally heated homes in poorer and colder regions of the world
Enabling buildings to do photosynthesis by covering them with creepers & climbers.
High-Efficiency Transparent Solar Cogeneration Power Modules for Building Envelopes.
If we want to reverse climate change, we have to reach people who don't think about it. Let's make climate-friendly housing decisions easy.
Make your own fuel at home from atmospheric CO2 – heat your home with the energy you produce and store yourself #UseNotReduce