Green Building
the practice of increasing the efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water, and materials, and reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal — the complete building life cycle. (source:
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Renewable Resource
a resource that has the ability to regenerate at regular intervals or if it is replenished by natural processes at a rate comparable to its
rate of consumption by humans or other users. Resources such as solar
radiation, tides, and winds are
perpetual resources that are in no danger of being used in excess of their long-term availability.
Sustainability
the characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely.
Sustainable design of designing small objects for everyday use, through to the (also referred to as "green design",
"eco-design", or "design for environment") is the art of designing
physical objects to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability. It ranges from the microcosm of designing buildings, cities, and the earth's physical surface. It is a growing trend within the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, graphic design, industrial design, interior design and fashion design
.The essential aim of sustainable design is to produce places, products and services in a way that reduces use of non-renewable resources, minimizes environmental impact, and relates people with the natural environment. (source:
Wikipedia )
