Water Conservation: An Urgent Message for Caribbean Island States and others

With many Caribbean island states and Guyana now suffering from serious drought and island states now implementing measures to counteract its effects on our populations, the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects sees the need to distribute this message on water conservation. Download the Water PDF here

Architecture and Global Warming

The Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects has placed an article online that addresses Architecture and Global Warming. The article was written in 2003 by Architect Jenifer Smith, a Full Member of the Institute as of 2007. If you would like to distribute the article further, please contact Architect Jenifer Smith the author of the [...]

Government Tax Incentives in Favour of Climate Change Mitigation

Amongst the many things that one can do to mitigate climate change, some of these are in the hands of our CSME governments. And of CSME government actions, tax incentives should be relatively easy to implement and should work very well for all CSME players. Tax incentives, already adopted by many states in the U. [...]

Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and Climate Change – IPCC Special Report

Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perfluorocarbons – A Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary Download the PDF HERE Table of Contents Summary for Policymakers Technical Summary Chapter 1 Ozone and Climate Chapter 2 Chemical and Radiative Effects of HFCs, PFCs, and Their Possible Replacements Chapter 3 Methodologies Chapter 4 Refrigeration Chapter 5 Residential and Commercial [...]

The 2010 Imperative and the 2030 Challenge

On February 20th, 2007, tens of thousands of architects and other persons from all over the world gathered at the www.2010imperative.org website and a few hundred at the New York Academy of Sciences to participate in the Global Emergency Teach-in conducted by Architecture 2030. On the discussion table were the alarming and ever increasing effects [...]