To protect birds, more architects and local governments alter building designs
Source: The Washington Post, December 20, 2019
Posted on: https://www.advisen.com/
Birds are winging their way somewhere unexpected: building codes.
Turns out that glass-covered buildings in modern cities can become graveyards for migrating birds, leading to hundreds of millions of bird deaths each year. Under pressure from conservation groups, architects and local governments are increasingly tweaking building codes to protect birds from hitting buildings. Read more.