Green Building In The 70s And 90s

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In the 70s 80s and 90s, the growing "green movement" responded to the perception that earth’s resources were being plundered, rather than respectfully utilized, and that the very place we live in was being spoiled in the process. When oil prices started to increase it spurred research to improve energy efficiency and find more possible renewable energy sources such as solar hot water and more. This along with environmental movements of the sixties and seventies led to experimentation with green building (History Calendar, 2014). The green building field stated to rise in popularity in the nineties and one of the first milestones for the green movement in the United States was in 1989 when the American Association of Architects (AIA) formed