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English: Engineering, science and technology function as the engine of economic development, and provide an inexhaustible source for the progress of human civilization. . Engineering has a central role in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations in 2015, which set forth 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that constitute a global action plan for ...
Solar control glass can be an eye-catching characteristic of a building whilst at the same time diminishing, or even eradicating the need for an air-conditioning system, reducing running costs of the building and saving energy. Solar control glass can be particular for any situation where unwarranted solar heat gain is likely to be a bother. E.g.
Sustainable construction aims to reduce the negative health and environmental impacts caused by the construction process and by the operation and use of buildings and the built environment. [1] It can be seen as the construction industry's contribution to more sustainable development. Precise definitions vary from place to place, and are ...
A sustainable building consultant may be engaged early in the design process, to forecast the sustainability implications of building materials, orientation, glazing and other physical factors, so as to identify a sustainable approach that meets the specific requirements of a project.
Green building (also known as green construction, sustainable building, or eco-friendly building) refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. [1]
MDG Dashboard: Millennium Development Indicators: download page for the latest version of the software, updated in September 2014 (note that running the executable requires a Virtual Machine with a 32-bit Windows client).
Developing real methods for how to discover the design opportunities that would allow you to meet or exceed the standards was one of the objectives of the environmental design movement in architectural schools in the 1960s and 1970s, but though some of the issues introduced then are still an important part of the process, not much actually changed about the methods of design.
Sustainable refurbishment describes working on existing buildings to improve their environmental performance using sustainable methods and materials. A refurbishment or retrofit is defined as: "any work to a building over and above maintenance to change its capacity, function or performance' in other words, any intervention to adjust, reuse, or upgrade a building to suit new conditions or ...