Whether it may be buildings that are cooled by drawing upon water from the lake or utilize the sun’s light to power some aspects of an office building’s operations — we really need to look at how much of an impact that each and every office building has on the environment, just as much as every house within a city or countryside.

Norman Foster makes a very interesting speech on developing plans to create buildings that are “basically pollution free”. Now I am not sure what that necessarily implies but it is nonetheless a worthwhile listen: