There is a great book and journal article from Barnabas Calder which links architecture to available energy. It covers the available energy since prehistoric times in some detail.

Here is a blog article from them: https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/keynote/form-follows-fuel-energy-hungry-architecture

Hier ist das Bier billig.

The beer is cheap here. Most landlords in the German version of Baldur’s Gate 1 say this.