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In 1990, the world's first green building standard was released in the UK. In 1992, because the "United Nations Conference on Environment and Development" promoted sustainable development, green buildings gradually became the direction of development. In 1993, the United States created the Green Building Association.
This is a category of articles about buildings and structures that are deemed sustainable. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Sustainable buildings and structures by country (7 C) Pages in category "Sustainable buildings and structures" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
BREEAM International New Construction is the BREEAM standard for assessing the sustainability of new residential and non-residential buildings in countries around the world, except for the UK and other countries with a national BREEAM scheme (see below). This scheme makes use of assessment criteria that take account of the circumstances ...
In 1993, Rick Fedrizzi, David Gottfried and Mike Italiano formed the world's first Green Building Council (GBC) with the U.S. Green Building Council. [6] [7] Their mission was to promote sustainability-focused practices in the building and construction industry and advance sustainable building principles. [6]
Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings through improved efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, development space and the ecosystem at large. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the ...
A small cob building with a living roof Porch of a modern timber framed home. Natural building or ecological building is a discipline within the more comprehensive scope of green building, sustainable architecture as well as sustainable and ecological design that promotes the construction of buildings using sustainable processes and locally available natural materials.
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