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-====Solarpunk Buildings====+====Solarpunk Building Techniques====
  
 === Variety === === Variety ===
-As with all things there are exceptions to every generalization to follow. 
  
 Solarpunk buildings should be built to fit their environment – what’s practical, energy efficient, and even what materials are available will depend on where the scene is set. A solarpunk community set in the desert would have to look much different than one in a temperate rainforest, or a prairie. Solarpunk buildings should be built to fit their environment – what’s practical, energy efficient, and even what materials are available will depend on where the scene is set. A solarpunk community set in the desert would have to look much different than one in a temperate rainforest, or a prairie.
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 === Reuse === === Reuse ===
  
-That said, solarpunk doesn't generally take a clean slate approach to worldbuilding, and reuse of structures that already exist is almost always going to be more efficient than new construction. +That said, as with all things there are exceptions to every generalization. Solarpunk doesn't generally take a clean slate approach to worldbuilding, and reuse of structures that already exist is almost always going to be more efficient than new construction. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_emissions|The embodied carbon of buildings is estimated to count for 11% of global carbon emissions and 75% of a building's emissions over its entire lifecycle.]] Or to put it another way: The greenest building is the building that is already built.
  
 +https://metropolismag.com/projects/oslo-workplace-reused-materials-mad-arkitekter/
  
-=== New materials === 
  
-Geopolymers +For a more in-depth look at specific materials, see: [[building_materials|solarpunk building materials]] 
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 +https://slrpnk.net/post/2963315 
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 +Light colored rooftops can   - though changing this on a mass scale may involve some problems with a [[https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/dark-roof-lobby-white-reflective-roofs-laws-lobbying-urban-heat-islands/|well-entrenched lobby bordering on a conspiracy]] 
  
-https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/dark-roof-lobby-white-reflective-roofs-laws-lobbying-urban-heat-islands/