"Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable 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."
- A focus on designing buildings that reduce their negative impact on the environment and promote energy efficiency.
Sustainable Design Principles: This topic covers the principles and strategies used in sustainable design, such as passive solar design, energy efficiency, water conservation, and waste reduction.
Green Building Materials: This topic includes the selection of environmentally friendly materials, which includes natural and non-toxic building materials that reduce the environmental impact of construction projects.
Energy-Efficient Buildings: This topic covers the design and construction of energy-efficient buildings, including the use of renewable energy sources and the application of energy-saving technologies.
Sustainable Urbanism: This topic covers urban planning strategies for creating livable, sustainable communities that prioritize walkability, public transportation, and green spaces.
Natural Resources and Ecosystems: This topic covers the impact of human activity on natural resources and ecosystems, such as deforestation, soil erosion, air and water pollution, and climate change.
Social Sustainability: This topic covers the social and cultural factors related to sustainability, such as equity, social justice, community development, and cultural sensitivity.
Green Infrastructure: This topic covers the use of natural and engineered systems in urban planning and design, such as green roofs, living walls, rain gardens, and bioswales.
Sustainable Transportation: This topic covers the design and implementation of transportation systems that are environmentally friendly and energy-efficient, such as bike lanes, public transit, and electric vehicles.
Life Cycle Analysis: This topic covers the assessment of the environmental impact of products and processes throughout their entire life cycle, from raw material extraction to disposal.
Building Performance: This topic covers the measurement and evaluation of the environmental and energy performance of buildings, including energy audits, green certifications, and building monitoring systems.
Environmental Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that minimize the impact on the environment, including the use of renewable energy sources and reduction of carbon footprint.
Social Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that promote social equality and universal accessibility, taking into account cultural diversity, and community engagement.
Economic Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that are cost-effective in their construction, operation, and maintenance, promoting economic growth and job creation, and contributing to the local economy.
Cultural Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that respect cultural heritage and identity, while promoting innovation and creativity.
Technological Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that integrate cutting-edge technologies and innovations, including the use of smart materials, systems, and automation.
Aesthetic Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that are visually pleasing, harmonious with the surroundings, and have a timeless quality that withstands the test of time.
Resilient Sustainability: This involves designing buildings that can adapt and withstand natural and human-made disasters, including climate change, earthquakes, fires, and floods.
"This requires close cooperation of the contractor, the architects, the engineers, and the client at all project stages."
"The common objective of green buildings is to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment."
"Green building also refers to saving resources to the maximum extent, including energy saving, land saving, water saving, material saving, etc., during the whole life cycle of the building."
"Other certificate systems that confirm the sustainability of buildings are the British BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) for buildings and large-scale developments or the DGNB System (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen e.V.) which benchmarks the sustainability performance of buildings, indoor environments and districts."
"The World Green Building Council is conducting research on the effects of green buildings on the health and productivity of their users."
"The World Green Building Council is working with the World Bank to promote Green Buildings in Emerging Markets through EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) Market Transformation Program and certification."
"There are also other tools such as Green Star in Australia, Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) used in the Middle East and the Green Building Index (GBI) predominantly used in Malaysia."
"Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places."
"Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity"
"Natural building is a similar concept, usually on a smaller scale and focusing on the use of locally available natural materials."
"Sustainability may be defined as meeting the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."
"Although some green building programs don't address the issue of retrofitting existing homes, others do, especially through public schemes for energy efficient refurbishment."
"A 2009 report by the U.S. General Services Administration found 12 sustainably-designed buildings that cost less to operate and have excellent energy performance."
"Occupants were overall more satisfied with the building than those in typical commercial buildings."
"Reducing waste, pollution, and environmental degradation."
"Green building technology focuses on low consumption, high efficiency, economy, environmental protection, integration, and optimization."
"The Green Building practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort."
"Green 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."
"Providing people with healthy, comfortable, and efficient use of space, and being in harmony with nature Buildings that live in harmony."