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  2. Sustainable architecture - Wikipedia

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    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. Sometimes, sustainable architecture will also focus on the social aspect of sustainability as well.

  3. List of low-energy building techniques - Wikipedia

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    Green building and wood; Green building; Heat pump; List of low-energy building techniques; Low-energy house; Microgeneration; Passive house; Passive solar building design; Sustainable architecture; Sustainable city; Sustainable habitat; Sustainable refurbishment; Thermal energy storage; Tropical green building; Waste-to-energy; Zero heating ...

  4. Sustainable landscape architecture - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of the built and natural environments. [1] [2]The design of a sustainable landscape encompasses the three pillars of sustainable development: economic well-being, social equity and environmental protections.

  5. Sustainable design - Wikipedia

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    Environmentally sustainable design (also called environmentally conscious design, eco-design, etc.) is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of ecological sustainability and also aimed at improving the health and comfort of occupants in a building.

  6. Sustainable design standards - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable design is really just a more determined effort to consider the whole range of impacts on our environment in making any decision. A more complete design guide, guided more by whole project impact measures, is the model offered by the U.S. cooperating agencies in the "Whole Building Design Guide".

  7. Regenerative design - Wikipedia

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    Thus, a building can support sustainable patterns of living, but in and of itself cannot be sustainable" [25] Regenerative design goes a step further than sustainable design. In a regenerative system, feedback loops allow for adaptability , dynamism and emergence to create and develop resilient and flourishing eco-systems.

  8. Sustainability in construction - Wikipedia

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    According to "Sustainable Construction: Reducing the Impact of Creating a Building", the contractor in collaboration with the owner would deliver the project in a sustainable way. More importantly, the contractor would have known this was a key performance indicator for the client from day one, allowing them the opportunity to not tender for ...

  9. Radical sustainability - Wikipedia

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    The term is often used in reference to sustainable architecture, design, and urban planning. [2] [3] This subset of radical sustainability is strongly supportive of autonomous development, which is looking to pioneer systems that allow the citizens living within and utilizing these systems control over the basic resources involved such as food and water. [2]