My parents are building a final home back in France. They have been working on it for a couple years now, and submitted plans to start construction.
This is a passive house with all the goodies to follow the standards. So, very sustainable, green, etc.
The plans have been rejected by the local administration because they don’t “respect” the local architecture. This is a house that’s invisible from anywhere from the road.
Meanwhile, 10,000 miles away in the city next to mine:
This is a new building, and the orientation on this picture is West/South. This building is 100% black (absorbing 30% more heat than if it was not black), with high windows from floor to ceiling that are cooking inside. No problem! Let’s run A/C units on top of the roof, 24/7, using an absurd amount of electricity to cool down a not-smart design that was easy to avoid!
We know how to solve every problem on earth. Systems govern us to just not do anything.
We have to keep going, making the right choices, despite the systems which are quite dumb, deaf, and blind.