Fred A. Bernstein

Fred Bernstein has degrees in architecture (from Princeton University) and law (from NYU) and writes about both subjects. He lives in New York City and has two sons.

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Why Architecture Critics Must Ask About Embodied Energy

Because our lives depend on it!

 Published Architect
October 31, 2019
Taking a Holistic Approach to Embodied Carbon

A sobering look at how designing a building to meet Passive House standards affects its overall energy use.

 Published in Architectural Record
October 10, 2022
Negative Energy and (Dis)embodied Carbon VIDEO

Ignoring embodied carbon lets architects, developers and even architecture schools call wasteful buildings "green"

 Published in Speeches / talks
November 11, 2021
Negative Energy and (Dis)embodied Carbon WRITTEN VERSION

Ignoring embodied carbon lets architects, developers and even architecture schools call wasteful buildings "green"

 Published in Speeches / talks
November 11, 2021
Altering the Definition of Green Could Weaken Efforts to Mitigate the Climate Crisis

Making buildings resilient does not slow climate change. Usually, the opposite is true.

 

 Published ARCHDAILY
January 10, 2021
How Green Are Apple's Carbon-Sequestering Trees, Really?

Not as green as we might hope -- or as Apple might suggest

 Published in The Architect's Newspaper
September 2007
Why Architecture Critics Must Ask About Embodied EnergyPublished Architect
October 31, 2019
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