Energy rules when defining 'green' say ASU sustainability experts

In providing a definition of “environmentally green” for Arizona Republic reporter Ben Backhaus, two sustainability experts at Arizona State University said it “boils down to energy.”

“Only two areas can be measured: water and energy consumption. Energy is the one you can take to the bank," said Harvey Bryan in the July 29 Arizona Republic story “State quietly going green.” Bryan is a senior sustainability scientist with ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability. He is a professor in the Design School with the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, and also teaches in the School of Sustainability.

Also stressing “energy” in the story was Mick Dalrymple, an expert in applied sustainability at GIOS who is the ASU manager for Energize Phoenix, a collaborative project with the city of Phoenix and APS to lower energy consumption along the light-rail corridor.

“Lighting is by far the single most cost-effective retrofit that someone can do," said Dalrymple in the story.

Read more about green efforts at the Arizona Capitol in the Arizona Republic online at “Arizona lawmakers make green efforts.”