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Sehr oft wurde und wird von einer sogenannten "gebäudeinduzierten Mobilität" gesprochen, namentlich wenn es um potentiell klimarelevante Emissionen von Gebäuden geht. Immer wieder ist feststellbar, dass es sich die sogenannte "gebäudeinduzierte Mobilität" fast ausschließlich auf Betriebs- selten bis nie auf Wohngebäude bezieht. Dabei folgt die Argumentation der These das ein (Betriebs-)Gebäude die Mobilität seiner Benutzer bedingt, konkret: ein Bürogebäude bedingt die Mobilität der Büroangestellten, ein Hotel bedingt die Mobilität der Gäste und Mitarbeitenden, ein Produktionsbetrieb bedingt ebenfalls die Mobilität der Mitarbeitenden und etwaiger Kunden. Bei Wohngebäuden ist bis anhin noch nicht von "gebäudeinduzierter Mobilität" gesprochen worden.  Was bei dieser Perspektive jedoch außer acht gelassen wird: es ist nicht das Gebäude, welches eine Mobilität (welcher Art auch immer) induziert. Es ist die Nutzung des Gebäudes, welche die Mobilität induziert. S...

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reprint Eighty miles east of Palm Springs, California, eight million solar panels lean toward the sky, their deep blue shine a modern oasis interrupting the brown dust of the Mojave Desert. Known as Desert Sunlight, the solar power plant is the first of its kind and promises to provide 550 megawatts (MW) of clean energy powering over 150,000 homes in California (a few percent of the state's total power consumption). Such large amounts of power from one, 3000-acre solar installation have been unheard of until now, hinting at a revolution in large-scale renewable energy generation that could compete with fossil-fuel-based power plants. Not so fast, say Native American tribes and environmentalists, who protest these solar plants due to their impact on sacred heritage lands and native species. The ongoing debate shines an important light on the fact that renewables introduce unique environmental and cultural impacts. These issues may rest in a blind spot for policy...

-- a _kt75 | reprint _NEW: explore all _kt75 | publications via the news db... and leave your comments here _Experts expect global warming to have a negative impact on crop yields, but shortages of water for irrigation could make for double the trouble, according to a study published yesterday. As described in ScienceDaily, “given the present trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural models estimate that climate change will directly reduce food production from maize, soybeans, wheat and rice by as much as 43 percent by the end of the 21st century. But hydrological models looking at the effect of warming climate on freshwater supplies project further agricultural losses, due to the reversion of 20 to 60 million hectares of currently irrigated fields back to rain-fed crops.” The study’s lead author, Joshua Elliot, said the analysis is the first of its kind to feature an in-depth comparison of agricultural and hydrological models, which resulted in dramatically d...