America’s buildings create as much pollution as cars and industry combined

"How Green is My Architecture?
Newsweek, 10/27/2003

America's buildings create as much pollution as cars and industry
combined. U.S. architects and inventors are trying to catch up to
standards long prevalent in Europe.

David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh. Billed as the
first "green" convention center, this $370 million complex, on the
banks of the Allegheny River, makes the most of daylight and
uses a roof system that allows for natural air flow. Not bad for a
former steel town. The architect: Rafael Viñoly, whose THINK
team was runner-up-to design the World Trade Center site."