Sustainable development is “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland Commission, 1987). It is about delivering sustained improvements to quality of life now and for generations to come, within the context of preserving and enhancing the natural environment (John Bennett, Andrew Crudgington, 2003).
What the Brundtland definition does not convey is the important distinction between sustainability and sustainable development or the primordial principle that all human activities need to be maintained within the biophysical limits of the environment (S.Parkin, 2000).
Brunei is now faced with challenges to conserve their scarce energy and also responding
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In a research article by Grace S. Kang et al. (2007) and a Guide Book by Meg Calkins (2009), structural materials provide the structural engineer with real opportunities to contribute to a project’s sustainability. Engineer can further contribute to the overall sustainability by considering and exploiting the efficiency, availability, recycled content, reuse, and impact of the material has on the environment as well as considerations of benefits and disadvantages of some of the major building materials such as concrete, masonry, steel and …show more content…
The assessment criteria were: launch date, rating scales, information gathering, assessment, third-party validation, certification and labeling, update process, governance, required qualification of assessors, assessor AP CPD requirements, compound annual growth rate, assessment fee, certification fee, cost of appeals, credit interpretation request costs, number of units certified, number of domestic and non-domestic building already certified, and availability of assessment information. Another Appendix 2 (Exhibit 8) highlights the considerable variation across the four tools. When the process of certification was evaluated, differences existed. For example, CASBEE has a six-stage process from start to finish, whereas Green Star has nine steps to certification, LEED has eight, and BREEAM has six (BRE, 2008). Appendix 3 (Exhibit 10) shows that when BREEAM, LEED, Green Star, and CASBEE are compared across a number of sustainability issues, there is variation in the standards of each scheme. For example, BREEAM sets higher standards for building management compared to LEED and Green Star. LEED and BREEAM score equivalent scores for energy and transport while Green Star falls behind. In terms of health and well-being issues, BREEAM again exceeds the other schemes.
Finally, the topic of attachment in relation to the applications and practice
...erature review has indicated that there is a research gap in applying best practices to construction companies in Waterloo Region. M5 group will work with MMM Consulting Company from January to April in 2014 to find out how this gap can be filled. The expected research would be based on the opinions of construction companies in Waterloo Region on conducting best practices to make better environment performance. By determining those companies who are willing to be better in environment performance, further research would be conducted to find out if those best practices are feasible and achievable by providing proper emission calculation and best practices guidance. The purpose of this research is to promote those feasible and cost-effective best practices to construction companies in Waterloo Region in order to help them achieve their goal of reducing GHG emission.
Sustainability has extended to our field; people have begun to understand the importance and necessity to introduce this practice into their life. All of this not
Sustainable development is a recent concept that has become important for a wide range of people and industries. Sustainable Development involves maintaining the current rate of development leaving suitable resources behind for later generations to continue to develop.
This is a Green Building Rating System that accelerates and encourages worldwide adoption of green buildings in addition to...
• Sustainable development works on balancing the fine line between our need to move forward technologically and economically and the need to protect the environment that we live in.
"The term 'sustainability' should be viewed as humanity's target goal of human-ecosystem equilibrium, while 'sustainable development' refers to the holistic approach and temporal processes that lead us to the end point of sustainability." Despite the increased popularity of the use of the term
The methodology of Sustainable design is to trim down harmful impacts on the environment, further more it would be developed the health and ease of building occupants, thus improving building performance. The core objectives of sustainability are to decrease expenditure of non-renewable resources, cut down the amount of waste, and create a good physical shape, prolific atmosphere.
The beginnings of today's green revolution can be traced back to the environmental awareness of the 1960s and European design. New construction techniques have lead to the development of innovative materials and design concepts. Green buildings are designed, constructed and commissioned to ensure they are healthy for their occupants. Successfully designed green projects can involve an extensive array of factors, ranging from the resourceful use of materials, to careful consideration of function, climate, and location.
During the last three decades, in the literature dozens of different definitions were proposed for sustainability. The most well-adopted definition of sustainability is that of the Brundtland Commission (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987, p. 8): “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” Ensuring world-w,de food security, understanding the environmental impact of the economic activity and ensuring basic human needs are met with this definition of sustainability. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to apply for organization and this definition provides little guidance how to identify future versus present needs (Carter et. al, 2008 pp.363-364).
“We are consuming the Earth’s natural resources beyond its sustainable capacity of renewal” said by Herman Daly, Beyond Growth, Boston 1996, 61[1] .
Sustainable design seeks to reduce negative impacts on the environment, the health and comfort of building occupants, thereby improving building performance. The basic objects of sustainability are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimal waste, and create healthy, productive environments (“Sustainable Design”). Focusing primarily on the sustainable design principles, there are five, including: low-impact materials, energy efficiency, quality and durability, design for reuse and recycling, and renewability. As sustainability appears to become the necessary trend in architecture, the question concerning the cost versus outcome of “going green” really an investment or a waste of time and money comes to mind. With our research provided below, we believe the expenses may truly be with the investment in the end.
Sustainable development means that the present generations should be able to make use of resources to live better lives in such a manner that it doesn’t compromise the ability of future generations to survive and make better lives for themselves as well. For sustainable development to occur, there needs to be sustainable economic, ecological and community development. Society needs to be educated about ways in which they can use resources, especially natural, in such a manner that it doesn’t cause harm to the environment and put future generations lives at risk.
Implementation of green concepts has been significant not only in design engineering but also in construction. Therefore the knowledge about green design has been a very important fact for the sustainable development in civil engineering. Concepts such as green buildings, carbon foot print, ecological foot print and LEED rating system have helped to achieve sustainable development for civil engineering
In class we discussed what sustainable development meant to us; each group had its own definition. Our group’s definition was that sustainable development is for the long term for future generations, for the basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and job. The basic will increase over time and our resources will diminish, which why sustainable development is important. Sustainable development is important for future generations so that they end up with a world better than ours. Sustainable development is achievable if society works together to meet everyone’s basic needs and create a better world.
‘Development that meets the needs of the present with the ability for the future generation to meet their own needs.’ (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987) Sustainable development requires three key components: economy, society and environment, sustainable development can be success through striking balance in those factors. These three components are indispensible, they compel to depend on each other. On the other words, we can only gain a decent and energetic environment and society if the economy is strong with a healthy a stable growth rate.