The National Building Code and the local building codes need to be changed if our planet is going to keep spinning in a relatively un-charred state. For those of you who think this sounds complicated, it’s not. It just requires some thought and some design. Folks in Jamaica Plain need to start thinking about their renovations and their new construction projects in these terms. The real estate market will reward you. Many think that these types of green improvements and/or design will cause them to incur costs that they will never recoup. This is not so. You just have to know how to market those benefits to the public. Like small children, we want to be good. We just need direction.