Dramatic changes in the climate due to global warming have lead to an increase in the awareness of the damages inflicted on our planet. Jessie Sackett of "Environmental Design & Construction" (2007) says that buildings are a major contributor to the problem of climate change. She goes on to say that, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global greenhouse gas emissions have increased 70 percent within the past 34 years alone.









