Another day, another school. This morning was another early day as we left the Waldorf around 8:30 to head to Unitech, another local university that focuses a lot on architecture, construction management, landscape architecture, and other studies involving the built environment. The head of the school began talking to us and to be honest it was quite boring. It was boring until a man from the states came in to talk to us. He had moved to Auckland from Arizona and was working as a teacher, an architect, and builder.  He was really interesting to listen to because he didn’t butter anything up. He was very upfront about his thoughts and his opinion on how things in New Zealand and America were handled in terms of what was said about “sustainability”. Mark Mismash (yes that is his real name) was involved with helping come up with the L.E.E.D. rating that is used in the states. He is not a huge fan of any rating system that is used to determine the “green” factor of buildings since they are nothing more than check lists. He is in favor of a system that bases the “green” factor of a building based on the building performance and just how environmentally friendly it really is. After being entertained for another hour by Mr. Mismash, we headed back to the Waldorf to have another meeting with Mrs. Rogers. All of these meeting have been helpful in determining if I am headed in the right direction with my studies. After the meeting the rest of the group were going out to eat but us ENVD kids decided to relax indoors, order some pizza, and do laundry.