Robert A. Young

Robert A. Young

Robert Young teaches architecture at the University of Utah and is co-director of the Mountain West Planning and Design Academy, and author of Historic Preservation Technology (Wiley 2008). He has worked in the sustainable design and historic preservation fields for 30 years and been professionally active on numerous review boards and commissions. He has taught historic preservation courses and environmental controls/sustainability courses for the past 17 years.

Stewardship of the Built Environment

Sustainability, Preservation, and Reuse

When we think of green building, we tend to picture new construction. But Robert A. Young argues that the greenest building is often the one that has already been built. In Stewardship of the Built Environment, he shows how rehabilitating and reusing existing structures holds untapped potential for achieving sustainable communities.