Day 28: Unitech

Today we spent much of the morning having a group meeting with members of the Architecture and Construction Management programs at Unitech, another technical university in New Zealand. The professors seemed to have a great passion for teaching others about the built environment, one American professor in particular. He had been a part of building a low impact residency in Arizona that at the time was the highest rated LEED building every built. It attained a nearly perfect score.
However, this professor had several negative things to say about both the LEED and Green Star rating systems, citing that these systems do not rate the performance efficiency of buildings. They are only concerned with the efficient design.

That afternoon we had off, so Jason, Will, Andrew and I all head out to find something to eat. We found a small cafe in an alley downtown Auckland that served some delicious looking brunch. I got a chorizo omelette (it reminded me of Oscar's Taco Shop in Franklin). It was huge and ridiculously good, as most of the food here has been.

Omelette from the cafe

Jason sitting by some flowers