Editing Architect (section)

===Environmental role===
Since modern buildings are known to release carbon into the atmosphere, increasing controls are being placed on buildings and associated technology to reduce emissions, increase energy efficiency, and make use of renewable energy sources. Renewable energy sources may be designed into the proposed building by local or national renewable energy providers. As a result, the architect is required to remain abreast of current regulations that are continually being updated. Some new developments exhibit extremely low energy use or [[passive solar building design]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://passipedia.org/basics/what_is_a_passive_house|title=What is a Passive House?|website=passipedia.org|access-date=2015-12-08|archive-date=2015-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208235915/http://passipedia.org/basics/what_is_a_passive_house|url-status=live}}</ref>
However, the architect is also increasingly being required to provide initiatives in a wider environmental sense. Examples of this include making provisions for low-energy transport, natural daylighting instead of artificial lighting, natural [[Ventilation (architecture)|ventilation]] instead of air conditioning, pollution, and waste management, use of recycled materials, and employment of materials which can be easily recycled.