Sustainable Design Concepts
Environmentally thoughtful design strategies have been around for millennia, but the practice of sustainable design has seen substantial growth over the past few years. Sustainable design practices can help address many issues, among them energy use, access to natural daylight, human health and productivity, and resource conservation. One of the principal goals of sustainable design is to reduce a building's overall resource use. This can be measured in the building's carbon footprint (http://greenfootstep.org), or the net amount of carbon dioxide emitted by a building through its energy use.
An important factor in sustainable design is the large effect that the construction industry has on the environment. The United ...
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