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Sustainable design (also referred to as "green design", "eco-design", or "design for environment") is the art of designing physical objects and the built environment to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability. It ranges from the microcosm of designing small objects for everyday use, through to the macrocosm 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. Image File history File links Sustainable_development. ... This article is about the human activity. ... For other uses, see Society (disambiguation). ... For the journal, see Ecology (journal). ... The Earth Day flag includes a NASA photo. ... For the definition of the word microcosm, see here. ... Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of reality. ... This article is about building architecture. ... Central Park, like all parks, is an example of landscape architecture. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ... Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved for marketability and production. ... It has been suggested that Interior decoration be merged into this article or section. ... Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to the design of clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time. ...

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. Sustainable design is often viewed as a necessary tool for achieving sustainability. It is related to the more heavy-industry-focused fields of industrial ecology and green chemistry, sharing tools such as life cycle assessment and life cycle energy analysis to judge the environmental impact or "greenness" of various design choices. Wyoming coal mine. ... The Earth Day flag includes a NASA photo. ... Industrial ecology is the shifting of industrial process from open loop systems, in which resource and capital investments move through the system to become waste, to a closed loop system where wastes become inputs for new processes. ... Green chemistry is a chemical philosophy encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. ... A life cycle assessment (also known as life cycle analysis, life cycle inventory, ecobalance, cradle-to-grave-analysis, well-to-wheel analysis, and dust-to-dust energy cost) is the assessment of the environmental impact of a given product or service throughout its lifespan. ... Life cycle energy analysis (LCEA) is an approach in which all energy inputs to a product are accounted for, not only direct energy inputs during manufacture, but also all energy inputs needed to produce components, materials and services needed for the manufacturing process. ...

Sustainable design is a reaction to the global "environmental crisis", i.e., rapid growth of economic activity and human population, depletion of natural resources, damage to ecosystems and loss of biodiversity.^[1] Proponents of sustainable design believe that the crisis is in large part caused by conventional design and industrial practices, which disregard the risks and environmental impacts associated with goods and services. Green design is considered a means of reducing or eliminating these impacts while maintaining quality of life by using careful assessment and clever design to substitute less harmful products and processes for conventional ones.

The motivation for sustainable design was articulated famously in E. F. Schumacher's 1973 book Small is Beautiful. Finally, green design is not the attachment or supplement of architectural design, but an integrated design process within architectural design.^[2] Ernst Friedrich Fritz Schumacher (16 August 1911 – 4 September 1977) was an internationally influential economic thinker with a professional background as a statistician and economist in Britain. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Small Is Beautiful is the title of a series of books by E. F. Schumacher[1]. The original 1973 publication is a collection of essays that brought Schumachers ideas to a wider audience, at a critical time in history. ...

Principles of sustainable design

While the practical application varies among disciplines, some common principles are as follows:

• Low-impact materials: choose non-toxic, sustainably-produced or recycled materials which require little energy to process
• Energy efficiency: use manufacturing processes and produce products which require less energy
• Quality and durability: longer-lasting and better-functioning products will have to be replaced less frequently, reducing the impacts of producing replacements
• Design for reuse and recycling: "Products, processes, and systems should be designed for performance in a commercial 'afterlife'."^[3]
• Biomimicry: "redesigning industrial systems on biological lines ... enabling the constant reuse of materials in continuous closed cycles..."^[4]
• Service substitution: shifting the mode of consumption from personal ownership of products to provision of services which provide similar functions, e.g. from a private automobile to a carsharing service. Such a system promotes minimal resource use per unit of consumption (e.g., per trip driven).^[5]
• Renewability: materials should come from nearby (local or bioregional), sustainably-managed renewable sources that can be composted (or fed to livestock) when their usefulness has been exhausted.

Biomimicry (also biomimickry) is the conscious copying of examples and mechanisms from natural organisms and ecologies. ... Carsharing is a system where a fleet of cars (or other vehicles) is owned and operated/overseen by a company, public agency, cooperative, ad hoc grouping, or even a single individual, and made available for use by members of the carshare group in a wide variety of ways. ...

Sustainable planning

Cohousing community illustrating greenspace preservation, tightly clustered housing, and parking on periphery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2003.

Urban planners that are interested in achieving sustainable development or sustainable cities use various design principles and techniques when designing cities and their infrastructure. These include Smart Growth theory, transportation-oriented development, sustainable urban infrastructure and new urbanism. Smart Growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in the center of a city to avoid urban sprawl; and advocates compact, transit-oriented development, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including mixed-use development with a range of housing choices. Transit-oriented development attempts to maximise access to public transport and thereby reduce the need for private vehicles. Public transport is considered a form of Sustainable urban infrastructure, which is a design approach which promotes protected areas, energy-efficient buildings, wildlife corridors and distributed, rather than centralised, power generation and wastewater treatment. New urbanism is more of a social and aesthetic urban design movement than a green one, but it does emphasize diversify of land use and population, as well as walkable communities which inherently reduce the need for automotive travel. Image File history File links SunwardPanorama2003. ... Image File history File links SunwardPanorama2003. ... Ann Arbor redirects here. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. ... A more sustainable city, or Eco-city, has fewer inputs (of energy, water, food etc) and fewer waste products (heat, air pollution, water pollution etc) than a less sustainable city. ... Smart growth is a concept and term used by those who seek to identify a set of policies governing transportation and land use planning policy for urban areas that benefits communities and preserves the natural environment. ... Urban sprawl (also: suburban sprawl) is the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. ... Roads can be pedestrian-friendly by measures such as: no other traffic allowed; in addition poles may prevent cars from entering low speed limit for other traffic wide pavements pedestrian crossings, especially with priority for pedestrians restrictions on advertising material cluttering shopping streets a partial or full roof to protect... Bicycle-friendly is a descriptive term that describes policies, places and practices which make it easier for people to ride bicycles. ... Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. ... Aerial view of growth patterns in Arlington County, Virginia. ... Bangkok Skytrain. ... Sustainable urban infrastructure is a term used to describe infrastructure that facilitates a place or regions progress towards the goal of sustainable living. ... This article is about green building construction. ... A wildlife corridor is the artificial joining of fragmented habitats. ... The New urbanism is an American urban design movement that arose in the early 1980s. ...

Both urban and rural planning can benefit from including sustainability as a central criterion when laying out roads, streets, buildings and other components of the built environment. Conventional planning practice often ignores or discounts the natural configuration of the land during the planning stages, potentially causing ecological damage such as the stagnation of streams, mudslides, soil erosion, flooding and pollution. Applying methods such as scientific modelling to planned building projects can draw attention to problems before construction begins, helping to minimise damage to the natural environment. The phrase refers to the manmade surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places. ... Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria A stream, brook, beck, burn or creek, is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. ... Mudslide in La Conchita, California A mudslide is a landslide of mud. ... Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. Erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock, and so forth) by the agents of wind, water, ice, or movement in response to gravity. ... A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ... Air pollution Pollution is the introduction of pollutants (whether chemical substances, or energy such as noise, heat, or light) into the environment to such a point that its effects become harmful to human health, other living organisms, or the environment. ... Scientific modelling is the process of generating abstract or conceptual models. ... This article is about the natural environment. ...

Cohousing is an approach to planning based on the idea of intentional communities. Such projects often prioritize common space over private space resulting in grouped structures that preserve more of the surrounding environment. A cohousing community is a kind of intentional community composed of private homes with full kitchens, supplemented by extensive common facilities. ... ...

Sustainable architecture

Main article: Sustainable architecture

Sustainable architecture is the design of sustainable buildings. Sustainable architecture attempts to reduce the collective environmental impacts during the production of building components, during the construction process, as well as during the lifecycle of the building (heating, electricity use, carpet cleaning etc) This design practice emphasises efficiency of heating and cooling systems, alternative energy sources such as passive solar, appropriate building siting, reused or recycled building materials, on-site power generation (solar technology, ground source heat pumps, wind power), rainwater harvesting for gardening and washing, and on-site waste management such as green roofs that filter and control stormwater runoff. Sustainable architects design with sustainable living in mind.^[6] Sustainable architecture applies techniques of sustainable design to architecture. ... This article is about green building construction. ... Life cycle refers to: Biological life cycle New product development Honeybee life cycle This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alternative energy is energy derived from sources that do not harm the environment or deplete the Earths natural resources. ... Solar panels are used in passive and active solar hot water systems Passive solar technologies convert sunlight into usable heat, cause air-movement for ventilation or cooling, or store heat for future use, without the assistance of other energy sources. ... View of a Johad at village Thathawata View of a stepwell at Fatehpur,Shekhawati. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Waste For the company, see Waste Management, Inc. ... Re-creation of Viking houses in Newfoundland Several grass roofs can be seen in the village of Bøur in the Faroe Islands. ... Sustainable living might best be defined as a lifestyle that could, hypothetically, be sustained unmodified for many generations without exhausting any natural resources. ...

LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a North American certification standard for green building performance. This article is about the beverage Leed. ... 7 World Trade Center, considered New York Citys first green office tower by gaining gold status in the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED program. ...

Sustainable landscape architecture

Main article: Sustainable landscape architecture

Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of outdoor space. Design techniques planting trees to shade buildings from the sun or protect them from wind, using local materials, on-site composting and chipping to reduce greenwaste hauling, and also may involve using drought-resistant plantings in arid areas (xeriscaping)and buying stock from local growers to avoid energy use in transportation. Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of outdoor space. ... Xeriscape symbol Xeriscaping refers to landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation. ...

Sustainable graphic design

Main article: Sustainable graphic design

Sustainable graphic design considers the environmental impacts of graphic design products (such as packaging, printed materials, publications, etc.) throughout a life cycle that includes: raw material; transformation; manufacturing; transportation; use; and disposal. Techniques for sustainable graphic design include: reducing the amount of materials required for production; using paper and materials made with recycled, post-consumer waste; printing with low-VOC inks; and using production and distribution methods that require the least amount of transport. Sustainable graphic design is the application of sustainability principles to graphic design. ... Graphics are often utilitarian and anonymous,[1] as these pictographs from the US National Park Service illustrate. ...

Other examples of sustainable design

A wind turbine

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Agriculture

There are strenuous discussions - among others by the agricultural sector and authorities - if existing pesticide protocols and methods of soil conservation adequately protect topsoil and wildlife. Doubt has risen if these are sustainable, and if agrarian reforms would permit an efficient agriculture with fewer pesticides, therefore reducing the damage to the ecosystem. Sheep pasture with macroscale erosion, Australia Soil Conservation is a set of management strategies for prevention of soil being eroded from the earth’s surface or becoming chemically altered by overuse, salinization, acidification, or other chemical soil contamination. ... Topsoil is the uppermost layer of soil, usually the top six to eight inches. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Organic horticulture. ... A coral reef near the Hawaiian islands is an example of a complex marine ecosystem. ...

Domestic machinery

Automobiles and appliances can be designed for repair and disassembly (for recycling), and constructed from recyclable materials such as steel, aluminum and glass, and renewable materials, such as Zelfo, wood and plastics from natural feedstocks. Careful selection of materials and manufacturing processes can often create products comparable in price and performance to non-sustainable products. Even mild design efforts can greatly increase the sustainable content of manufactured items. “Car” and “Cars” redirect here. ... The word appliance has several different areas of meaning, all usually referring to a device with a narrow function: One class of objects includes items that are custom-fitted to an individual for the purpose of correction of a physical or dental problem, such as prosthetic, orthotic appliances and dental... For other uses, see Wood (disambiguation). ...

Disposable products

Detergents, newspapers and other disposable items can be designed to decompose, in the presence of air, water and common soil organisms. The current challenge in this area is to design such items in attractive colors, at costs as low as competing items. Since most such items end up in landfills, protected from air and water, the utility of such disposable products is debated. Look up landfill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sustainable technologies

Sustainable technologies are technologies which use less energy, fewer limited resources, do not deplete natural resources, do not directly or indirectly pollute the environment, and can be reused or recycled at the end of their useful life.[1] There is a significant overlap with appropriate technology, which emphasizes the suitability of technology to the context, in particular considering the needs of people in developing countries. However, the most appropriate technology may not be the most sustainable one; and a sustainable technology may have high cost or maintenance requirements that make it unsuitable as an "appropriate technology," as that term is commonly used. By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... Appropriate technology is technology that is appropriate to the environmental, cultural and economic situation it is intended for. ...

Encouraging sustainability

The use of sustainable technologies may be encouraged through means such as reducing the capacity of the electrical cable supplying a home (e.g. Crystal Waters Village in Australia). In some cases the electricity supplier charges a higher rate for the energy used when the capacity of the supply is increased (for example, in Indonesia^{[citation needed]}).

The Ecosa Institute began offering Total Immersion Programs in Sustainable Design in 2000. Open to designers and non-designers alike, these semester programs were founded on the idea that interdisciplinary learning and real-world projects were critical ingredients in a sustainable education. Director Tony Brown explains Ecosa's innovative design ethic: “If we are to base our designs on the complexities of nature then it is absurd to educate designers in a compartmentalized, linear setting. To educate designers who can integrate human aspirations and nature’s systems we must model their education on the greatest designer of all – nature itself.” The Ecosa Institute continues to run its semester programs twice a year and has added summer workshops in permaculture and alternative construction. Currently, one of the first sustainable low- and mid-income family housing projects in the country is on its way to construction in the Mission Lane neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona, designed by Ecosa Institute students. Permaculture Mandala summarising the ethics and principles of permaculture design. ...

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of certificate and degree programs offered with a concentration in sustainable design. Boston Architectural College offers both a certificate in sustainable design, as well as a bachelor of design studies degree with a concentration in sustainable design. Additionally, the University of Texas main campus in Austin offers a masters degree in architecture with emphasis on sustainable design.^[7] Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA has a growing sustainable design program as a cooperation between the Industrial Design major the and Huxley College of the Environment.^[8] With an increased focus on the importance of sustainable design globally, there is likely to be higher demand for professionals educated specifically in this discipline. In 2007, Philadelphia University began offering a Master of Science in Sustainable Design degree.^[9] This program seeks a horizontal acquisition of knowledge and skills based on collaborative and interdisciplinary work. The Boston Architectural College (the BAC), formerly known as the Boston Architectural Center, is a university located in Bostons Back Bay, offering bachelors and masters degrees in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and design studies. ... The University of Texas System comprises fifteen educational institutions in Texas, of which nine are general academic universities, and six are health institutions. ... Western Washington University (also referred to as WWU or Western) is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. ... Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved for marketability and production. ... Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

Extending the application of sustainability knowledge to the rest of the built world, Minneapolis College of Art and Design is the first college in the US to offer a certificate in sustainable design and business for disciplines not dedicated to architecture. Using an applied Big Picture approach, the program serves: product designers, graphic designers, packaging designers, interior designers, fine artists, creative service buyers, government planners, business people, and marketers. Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a four-year and post-graduate college specializing in the visual arts. ...

Terminology

In some countries the term sustainable design is known as Ecodesign, green design or environmental design. Ecodesign as meant by Victor Papanek, did include social design and social aspects. Over the past years the terms sustainable design and design for sustainability - besides other new terms - became more accepted globally, including the triple bottom line (people, planet and profit). This article needs cleanup. ... Green design (also referred to as sustainable design, eco-design, or design for environment) is the catch-all term for a growing trend within the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, industrial design and interior design. ... Environmental design is the process of addressing environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. ... Designer and educator Victor Papanek (1927-1999) was a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products and tools. ... Social design has many definitions and the term is put to very different uses across the globe. ... The triple bottom line, measuring organizational (and societal) success; economic, environmental and social. ...

References

1. ^ Fan Shu-Yang, Bill Freedman, and Raymond Cote (2004). "Principles and practice of ecological design". Environmental Reviews. 12: 97–112. link
2. ^ Ji Yan and Plainiotis Stellios (2006): Design for Sustainability. Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press. ISBN 7-112-08390-7
3. ^ Anastas, P. L. and Zimmerman, J. B. (2003). "Through the 12 principles of green engineering". Environmental Science and Technology. March 1. 95-101A.
4. ^ Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins (1999). Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Little, Brown.
5. ^ Ryan, Chris (2006). "Dematerializing Consumption through Service Substitution is a Design Challenge". Journal of Industrial Ecology. 4(1).
6. ^ Holm, Ivar (2006). Ideas and Beliefs in Architecture and Industrial design: How attitudes, orientations, and underlying assumptions shape the built environment. Oslo School of Architecture and Design. ISBN 8254701741.
7. ^ University of Texas - sustainable design program
8. ^ [http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~zaferan/index%20-%20sustainable%20design%20minor.htm WWU Sustainable Design program}
9. ^ MS in Sustainable Design Philadelphia University

• Chris Hendrickson, Noellette Conway-Schempf, Lester Lave and Francis McMichael. "Introduction to Green Design."
• Green Design Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

See also

• Social design
• Bright green environmentalism
• Green building
• Green transport
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
• Sustainability
• Sustainable city
• Sustainable development
• Waste management
• Renewable resource
• Environmental design
• Eco-innovation

Social design has many definitions and the term is put to very different uses across the globe. ... The term bright green has emerged in the past few years to refer to a subcategory of environmentalism, distinguishing it from traditional forms. ... This article is about green building construction. ... Green transport is a category of sustainable transport which uses human power, animal power and renewable energy. ... 7 World Trade Center, considered New York Citys first green office tower by gaining gold status in the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED program. ... The Earth Day flag includes a NASA photo. ... A more sustainable city, or Eco-city, has fewer inputs (of energy, water, food etc) and fewer waste products (heat, air pollution, water pollution etc) than a less sustainable city. ... Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Waste For the company, see Waste Management, Inc. ... A natural resource qualifies as a renewable resource if it is replenished by natural processes at a rate comparable to its rate of consumption by humans or other users. ... Environmental design is the process of addressing environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. ... Eco-innovation is a term used to describe products and processes that contribute to sustainable development. ...

Technology

• Appropriate technology
• Green roof
• Heat pump
• Proposed oil phase-out in Sweden

Appropriate technology is technology that is appropriate to the environmental, cultural and economic situation it is intended for. ... Re-creation of Viking houses in Labrador Several grass roofs can be seen in the village of Bøur in the Faroe Islands. ... A heat pump is a machine or device that moves heat from one location (the source) to another location (the sink), using work. ... Crude oil prices, 1994-2007 (not adjusted for inflation) In 2005 the government of Sweden announced their intention to make Sweden the first country to break its dependence on petroleum, natural gas and other ‘fossil raw materials’ by 2020. ...

Advocates and practitioners

• Michael Braungart
• Buckminster Fuller
• Paul Hawken
• Sim Van der Ryn
• J. Baldwin
• Tom Bender
• Peter Calthorpe
• Michael Sorkin
• William McDonough
• Ken Yeang
• Mark Hanson, PhD
• Principles of Intelligent Urbanism
• Wendy Jedlicka, CPP
• Organic Design Operatives
• Rob Hink, LEED AP
• Carl Stein, FAIA
• Chad M. Davis, AIA, LEED AP
• elemental architecture llc
• Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
• Tricycle Inc.
• Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum
• Bearsch Compeau Knudson
• Kirksey

Professor Michael Braungart // Published Works Braungart, Michael; & McDonough, William (2002). ... Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983)[1] was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ... Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author. ... Sim Van der Ryn is acknowledged as a leader in sustainable architecture. ... James Tennant Baldwin (whose books and articles have been published under the names J. Baldwin, Jay Baldwin, and James T. Baldwin) is an American industrial designer and writer born in 1934. ... Tom Bender began to make his mark in the early 1970s as an architect, author, and strategic planner. ... Peter Calthorpe has been named one of twenty five innovators on the cutting edge by Newsweek magazine for his work redefining the models of urban and suburban growth in America. ... Michael Sorkin (1948, Washington, D.C. - ) Michael Sorkin, is the principal of the Michael Sorkin Studio in New York City, a design practice devoted to both practical and theoretical projects at all scales with a special interest in the city. ... William A. McDonough (1951, Tokyo, Japan - ) is an American architect whose career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes, with the twin goals of eliminating pollution and increasing the profits of his clients. ... Dr. Ken Yeang (Chinese: 杨经文/楊經文; pinyin: Yáng Jīngwén) is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer best known for developing environmental design solutions for high-rise buildings in the tropics. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS) is a leading international architecture and interior design firm with more than 35 years of proven experience in planning, architecture, interior design and sustainable design. ... Tricycle Inc is a sustainable design company founded in 2002 to serve the creative product lifecycle of the interior design and architecture professions and their suppliers. ... Rendering of Sprint Center in Kansas City[1] Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum or HOK is a major, international architecture, interiors, engineering, planning and consulting firm established in 1955. ... Kirksey is a Houston-based architecture firm creating sustainable architecture through innovative thinking, design and client service. ...

Organizations

• o2 Global Network
• Ecosa Institute
• Worldchanging
• ASHRAE The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
• Green Map System
• Keyline Design
• United States Green Building Council

now. ... WorldChanging is a bright green environmentalist blog which covers ecological, humanitarian and design issues through solutions-based journalism covering tools, models and ideas for building a better future and eschewing traditional news and criticism. ... The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is an international voluntary organization for people involved in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or refrigeration (HVAC&R). ... Green Map of Cambridge, Massachusetts Green Maps are environmentally themed maps which are usually created as a grassroots effort with a symbol set licensed from the non-profit Green Map System. ... Keyline Planning may be best known as a technique for maximizing beneficial use of water resources of a piece of land. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

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• Design Can Change - an initiative for the graphic design community to address the issues surrounding climate change.
• Sustainable Print Design
• Ecosa Institute Sustainable Design School
• Design Council: Sustainability by Beatrice K Otto - Overview of sustainability and sustainable design
• The first School of Sustainability Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in sustainability at Arizona State University
• Certificate in Sustainable Technology and Management Graduate Certificate for working professionals in business and engineering
• Certificate in Sustainable Design MCAD Online Sustainable Design Certificate Program: the first ever accredited, Certifiacte program to address sustainable design and business issues for all industries.
• Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design green design program
• Boston Architectural College
• Design (R)evolution Information on design with regenerative materials
• ecoLogical Home Ideas Magazine for green home building/remodeling
• Information Sources on Green Building
• O2 global network on sustainable design
• Terreform: Nonprofit Ecological Design Collaborative
• Public Works and Government Services - Environmentally Responsible Construction and Renovation Handbook
• Sustainable Design Update
• Sustainable urban design
• United States Green Buildings Council
• Worldchanging
• Green Design Section of Green Biz Online Magazine
• Eco Design for Industrial Designers & Okala Curriculum
• Sustainable Technologies Roadmap UK Chemical Industry - a look into the future of the chemical and chemistry-using industries
• Engineering and Design Institute
• Philadelphia University Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program
• Sustainable Everyday Project The Sustainable Everyday Project (SEP) proposes an open web platform to stimulate social conversation on possible sustainable futures.
• Doors of Perception Doors of Perception (Doors) is an international conference and knowledge network which sets new agendas for design - in particular, the design agenda for information and communication technologies (ICTs), but also for sustainable design.
• Youcanchangetheplanet.org - A non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable design conservation.
• Memefest, international festival of radical communication

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Eco-Design Resources

• Package Design Magazine Sustainable Resource Guide for Packaging, Print, and Marketing
• EcoPackaging.net Readings, Resources, and Design Tools for Packaging, Print, and Marketing
• o2-USA/Upper Midwest Readings, Resources, and Design Tools for all industries
• Design:Green Readings, Resources, and Design Tools