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Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering
From the course: Sustainability for Design, Construction, and Manufacturing
Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering
- [Instructor] Sustainable design is creating projects, products, and solutions with a focus on minimizing or avoiding negative environmental impact while providing social and economic value. Sustainable design considers environmental impact throughout the life cycle of its creation, from material sourcing to end-of-life. Sustainable design for buildings includes various principles including site design and land use, resource use efficiency including energy, water, and raw materials, use of environmentally preferable products, healthy indoors including better air quality, acoustics, lighting and views, optimized operations and maintenance and improved resiliency as a result of design solutions. Sustainability in design goes beyond providing on demand sustainable design services to seeking every opportunity to incorporate sustainable design principles into every project. This can be done in various ways. One example of commitment…
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Similarity in different words: Sustainability, ESG, social responsibility4m 23s
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Sustainability moving up as a business priority5m 3s
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Design, construction, and manufacturing for a sustainably-built environment2m 28s
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Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering3m 16s
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