The document discusses the need to retrofit existing buildings to reduce demand for non-renewable resources. It then describes a "Plant Room" project that provides amenities like hot water, food growing space, and more to apartment residents while reducing energy and water usage. The project involves constructing two portable plant rooms - one exhibit unit and one for occupancy testing - to demonstrate sustainable building technologies and drive further development of the plant room concept. It requests help from local councils to promote the project and make the permitting process smoother given the experimental nature of the sustainable design.