This week's episode of Burning Down the House is a response to last week's interview with Elizabeth Heider of the U.S. Green Building Council. On this episode, Curtis B. Wayne discusses the dichotomy between faith and science in the field of architecture- specifically green building. Curtis highlights the empirical nature of the LEED system, and how it has made energy efficiency quantifiable. Also, Curtis discusses three different architectect types- the academic, the practitioner, and the technician- and how a syncretic worldview of the built environment could improve civilization. Curtis also explores the idea of embodied energy, and how it could affect the future of architecture and conservation. This episode has been sponsored by White Oak Pastures.

"I disagree with categorization that being 'green' is as being religious because being religious involves issues of faith, which cannot be based on science, but rather are based on belief."

"Most of the materials that go into the waste stream that say they are recyclable are not [recycled]."

-- Curtis B. Wayne on Burning Down the House

This week on Burning Down the House, Curtis is joined by Stubby Warmbold and Andrew Tomlinson of CitiLogs. CitiLogs is the leader in upcycled and repurposed wood and building products. Tune in to hear more about how their company turns unwanted or unused urban trees into building products through a sustainable and responsible process. Find out how they plan on reintroducing the black locust into the market learn about urban sawmills. This episode was sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

Are libraries dead? Do we need books anymore? Has digital media taken over the printed word? What does the future hold for archiving? Curtis B. Wayne & Jacob Alspector attempt to answer these questions and more on a library themed edition of Burning Down the House. Tune in to learn why more books are being printed today than every before and how libraries are, and always will be, an essential ingredient for a thriving culture. This episode was sponsored by www.WholeFoodsMarket.com