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Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering

Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering

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Sustainability in design: Architecture and engineering

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- [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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