(www.aia.org/articles/70446-ten- steps-to-reducing-embodied-carbon). It takes between 20 and 30 years for a building to compensate for the initial carbon impacts of its construction, acb


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cording to research from the Preserva- tion Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, so the longer a building is able to be maintained and put to productive use, the less envi- ronmental impact the initial construc- tion will be on a per-year basis. There are human benefits to adaptive reuse as well. Historical buildings have often played significant roles in a community’s past; recaptur- ing and displaying this past is a way for communities to reinforce their role in society and help members of that community develop a sense of self or purpose. Preserving historical buildings isn’t just a way of looking into the past but a way of developing a feeling that this place is unlike any other place anywhere in the world. This is an important part of the stories we tell


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