Sustainable Architecture
2. In the Outdoor Code, a Scout pledges to “be conservation-minded.” Discuss the following with your counselor:
a. The term sustainable architecture. Identify three features typical of green buildings.
"Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.
a. The term sustainable architecture. Identify three features typical of green buildings.
"Sustainable architecture is architecture that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.
The idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations."
Green building typically reduce human impact within the following areas:
Green building typically reduce human impact within the following areas:
- Use water, energy, and other resources efficiently
- Employee productivity increase along with overall health of all occupants of the building
- Reduction of pollution, degradation of the environment, and overall waste.