ECOUNITED DESIGN GROUP

SUSTAINABLE
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A Primer to Responsible Building
Presentation
• Defining Sustainability
• Why Sustainable Architecture Is Vital

Overview
• The World's Most Sustainable Architecture Projects
• Sustainable Design Ideas
• Best Practices for Sustainable Architecture
Topics to Discuss • Overall Environmental Impact of Green Building

Sustainable Architecture Primer

 Something to Think About

THERE IS N O SUCH THING

A S ‘AWAY’. W H E N W E
THROW ANYTHING A W A Y IT
MUST GO SOMEWHERE.
ANNIE LEONARD
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Sustainable Architecture Primer

 Traditional Architecture
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d em on stration s, lec tures, sp eec h es, rep orts, and
Most of the time, they’re presented before an audience.
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Sustainable Architecture
Presentations are communication tools that can be
demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.
Most of the time, they’re presented before an audience.

Sustainable Architecture Primer

What exactly is
sustainable
architecture?
The concept of ecological design

Presentations are communication tools that can be

demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports, and more.
Most of the time, they’re presented before an audience.
They have a variety of p urp oses, m akin g th em p ow erful
tools for convincing and teach in g.

Sustainable Architecture Primer

Building Programs
G R E E N BUILT H O M E S CERTIFICATION P R O G R A M
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demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports.

ENERGY A N D ENVIRONMENTALDESIGN (LEED)

Presentations are communication tools that can be
demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports.

GREEN GAUGE WITH HOME ENERGY SCORE

Presentations are communication tools that can be
demonstrations, lectures, speeches, reports.

Sustainable Architecture Primer

 References
IMPORTANCE O F GREEN BUILDING
Green Built Alliance (2018). Importance of Green Building.
Green Built Alliance. Retrieved from http://greenbuilt.org

G R E E N BUILDINGS I N T H E U.S. - STATISTICS

Statista (2018). Green Buildings in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts.
Statista. Retrieved from http://statista.com

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