We hear a lot about sustainability and green, but what does it mean?  The definition is blurry at best.  A&E Building Systems believes it is a function of conservation.  Also a blurry word, we believe conservation is a function of reducing the energy requirement necessary to effectively operate a building or home.

The definition of conservation is broad and wide ranging.  We do not ignore other fundamentals like reducing embodied energy and environmental impacts.  Conservation at A&E is a function of weighing short term and long term impacts in an imperfect world of data driven by profit.  Our product selection process takes many variables into consideration.  It is impossible to have high quality, high performance, attractive design, highly sustainable and low cost all wrapped into a nice tidy package.  Our product selection process includes weighing all variables to supply products optimal for each unique application.

What drives our passion?  We assume that our children will have children and their children will have children and so on.  We also assume that fossil fuels will become increasingly difficult to extract and that it is not necessary to extract them at the rate in which we are today.  The global population is growing and energy demand is growing domestically and globally.  If we consider current energy consumption, population growth and increase in demands due to economic prosperity in highly populated countries like India and China, how do we meet Global demand in 2112.  In 100 years, perhaps three to five generations, how will our great, great grand children heat, cool and light their homes and businesses, get to work, heat their water and cook dinner?  These are fundamental daily activities that do not include vacationing at Disney World or other more exotic locales, getting to soccer practice or powering a computer or TV.

A&E Building Systems provides products and services that help reduce energy demand today and in the future.  We favor products that are more sustainable and/or last for centuries not decades.