Sustainable+Design


 * WEEK 8**

Sustainable design refers to the creation of big or small objects, accordingly to the principles of economical, social, and ecological sustainability. It can be applied to any branch of design.
 * Sustainable Design **

Its main goal is to reduce the use of non-renewable resources and minimize evironmental impact. Sustainable design came to be as a response to the environmental crisis of the world and as a way to try to help solve the problem.

Sustainable design can be applied to all branches of design, including urban and architectural design. In Urbanism, Urban planners are applying new techniques and principles of sustainable design to create cities that have better systems of public transport, bicycle paths, power generation, waste water treatment, and walkable cities.

In the field of architecture, sustainable design refers to designing sustainable buildings, these are those that attempt to reduce evironmental impacts and creating a better lifecycle of the building in terms of heating, electricity, cleaning, water recycling systems, and even the creation of green roofs.

One of the main things in sustainable design is the role that energy, water and materials play in achieving sustainability. In the energy field there are many sustainable technologies that makes use of renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal, and hydrogen, sustainable buildings use this new sources of energy. They also use rainwater harvesting for gardening and washing and are built with materials that have a longer lifecycle and require less energy in their production and are easier to maintain.

The main principles of sustainable design are: use of low impact materials,energy efficiency,quality and durability, reuse and recycle, take into consideration, impact Measures,renewability and design Healthy Buildings.

In conclusion, Sustainable Design has become of mayor importance for the solving of the evironmental crisis, because it forces us to take action and become aware of the problems around us. Human beings can´t keep consuming the earth´s resources, we have to start thinking about the future and how we want the world to be for our children and their children. Sustainable design offers practical solutions and ways each one of us can help.



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