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Why Open Source - The Most Powerful Media We Ever Had? Open source web media can create and disseminate knowledge faster and further than any other existing media. Therefore, it is the ideal media for exchanging the knowledge we need to create the sustainable environment, because fast and effective actions are essential to combat the environmental crisis. Short history of OpenEcoSource.org OpenEcoSource.org was launched in April 2007. It was the first open source web site dedicated to ecology. At the time of its launch the web site was featured in Worldchanging.com for its novelty of purpose and use of new media. Since its inception, we continuously work on the web site and improve its features. So far the web site has reached 23,000 hits a day, and has been visited by users from 65 counties. This project is not commercial. Why am I as an architect working on a web based project? I am motivated by my perspective as a practicing architect on how slow transfer of knowledge affects the building industry. As an architect with trans-atlantic experience, I have noticed that a successful system used in one country takes decades to transfer to another. One country cries, “Technique x can’t be done,” while another has been using that technique for half a century. Some examples include: double skin facades, radiant cooling, sunken sill for sliding doors, wood frame construction, and many other systems. Unlike accepting single products globally (toilets, light fixtures etc.), the building industry has to mobilize all of its elements to adapt to a new building system; including people skills, habits and manufacturing. The adoption of new technologies and methods in the building industry requires architects, engineers, designers and users to extend their knowledge about different building systems and about the costs and the benefits of adopting better building systems. The fast and effective exchange of this knowledge from peer-to-peer is essential for accelerating the adaptability of the building industry. |
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