Building a Better Bangkok Rafa Ghazy Jesse Kadin

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Green Building and Architecture

Did you know? Industry and power stations produce 15,000,000,000 tons of CO2 in a year.

Did you know? Installing solar panels will cut your energy bill by 50 – 90%.

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Our world is not perfect. We use fossil fuels and chemicals that damage the atmosphere. We have factories and buildings that spew out tons of pollutants every day. All of that goes into the air, and can cause people to get sick. The pollutants, after going into the air, will cause an increase of extreme weather, like tornadoes and hurricanes. And yet we are not effectively combating this. We have no plan for how to stop this. But there are a few strategies we can adapt to go green.

Did you know? Motor vehicle emissions are one of the top causes of air pollution.


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