By Michael Malinowski, FAIA
In July 2019, when AIA California’s Board of Directors made a bold move to address climate change: they endorsed Architecture 2030’s Zero Code and urged that it be put into action as soon as possible.
After two days of discussion and debate, it seemed at the time that moving from the decision to making it so, would be relatively easy— simply call on the governor to take action.
As time passed without progress, that initial strategy was developed into a multi-threaded initiative of advocacy both inside and outside the traditional code development process.
