Word Watch: “eco-bling”
Eco-bling describes unnecessary renewable energy visibly attached to the outside of poorly designed buildings – it’s a zero-sum approach. If you build something that is just as energy-hungry as every other building and then put a few wind turbines and solar cells on the outside that addresses a few percent of that building’s energy consumption, you’ve not achieved anything.
via Is renewable power “eco-bling”? Report raises question – Green House – USATODAY.com.
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