In 2012, Hanley Wood, BUILDER’s parent company, embarked on a Vision 2020 editorial research initiative. It brought together renowned experts representing 10 critical focus areas of sustainable design and construction, with the goal to map a path and course of action toward sustainability for the housing industry by 2020.
As we’re about to enter 2020, we at BUILDER couldn’t help but wonder whether housing has followed that path toward sustainability as predicted by our industry experts. As such, we caught up with a few of the original Vision 2020 thought leaders to see how accurate their 2012 predictions were, and how they feel about the future of high-performance housing in the years to come.
Reflecting on this editorial initiative with us are: Mary Ann Dickinson, president and CEO of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, and Peter Mayer, principal of Water Demand Management and senior technical adviser at the Alliance for Water Efficiency; Sam Rashkin, author, “Retooling the U.S. Housing Industry”; Alex Wilson, founder of BuildingGreen and the nonprofit Resilient Design Institute, and Peter Yost, founder of building performance consulting firm Building-Wright; Michael Dickens, partner at IBACOS; and Anthony Guida, Edward Mazria, and Vincent Martinez from Architecture 2030.
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Vision 2020: Water Efficiency
Residential water consumption continues to drop toward the goal of 20 gallons per capita per day.
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Vision 2020: Codes, Standards, and Rating Systems
Two things about my 2012 prediction: One, it was spot on. Two, the zero movement is part of larger disruptive forces looming ahead.
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Vision 2020: Products and Performance
A section-by-section look to see how much building products and performance have evolved.
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Vision 2020: Building Systems
The significance of building science still holds—it is the foundation of advancement in our industry.
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Vision 2020: Built Environment
The importance of how we plan to build and rebuild communities.
