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ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Adherence to Gaian principles to create designs that take advantage of the various natural
conditions at the sites, that consider the total health and comfort of the occupants, that use
materials and systems that cause a minimum degree of degradation to the total environment.
Includes Green Building considerations.

THE GAIAN PRINCIPLES

The Site Develop the project to take advantage of the various natural conditions at the
building site.
Materials Select materials that:
Are not toxic or polluting.
Can be produced, installed and maintained with a minimum total energy
consumption.
Will cause a minimum amount of degradation.
Are biodegradable or can be recycled.
Systems Design systems for heating, cooling, ventilation, plumbing and lighting
that:
Are non-polluting, efficient, effective and easily controlled.
Use, as far as possible, renewable, natural resources - sun, wind, water,
vegetation.
Health Create healthy spaces:
Free from natural and man-made toxins.
Free from static and electro-magnetic fields.
With optimum temperature, humidity and negative ion balance for comfort.
Well-Being Enhance the well-being of occupants through:
Creating spaces with soul that will be in harmony with all who will encounter
those places.
Therapeutic selections of colors and lighting.
Using placement, orientation and configurations of space to enhance flow of
primal energies.

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