Edward Mazria: Solar Pioneer
NMI Managing Editor David Alire Garcia talks with Mazria about Green building and why he thinks changing how we build the places where we live and work can have the biggest impact on global warming. (11 minutes)
It’s no surprise Edward Mazria would be at the forefront of the green-build effort.
He helped put New Mexico on the solar energy map in 1979 with "The Passive Solar Energy Book," a pioneering guide to passive solar construction.
In September 2006, he was honored as the first recipient of an award for environmental sustainability – the Equinox -- presented on the 50th anniversary of construction of the world’s first commercial solar building, located in Albuquerque at 213 Truman NE.
Designed and built in 1956 by mechanical engineers Frank Bridgers and Don Paxton, the structure is no longer solar -- owners who came after Bridgers and Paxton covered over that aspect -- but it is on the national register of historic places as a landmark nonetheless.
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Posted 05/22/2008 16:35 with
How ironic that the building methods he was using between 1973-1983 are just now gaining acceptance with other builders. The target of 2030 seems too little to late. Whay haven’t there been laws passed to require new buildings and developers to incorporate what we already know? Housing developers should be required to make areas sustainable with water and energy. Are we pushing the panic buttons too late to get CO2 under control?