Edward Mazria's Climate Chronicles

Compared to cutting-edge technologies -- nanotechnology, coal with carbon capture and sequestration, biomimicry -- building codes seem downright stodgy and, dare I say it?, boring.

Yet, much to the surprise of many, building codes are fast becoming the Titans in the battle against climate change. Able to fell in a single blow the giants on the other side of the battlefield -- out-of-control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, thoughtless energy consumption and gross energy inefficiency -- building codes are beginning to look pretty darn sexy in their own right.