Sustainable Design
Definitions
- Classic Definition:
"Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
Brundtland Commission - Modified Definition:
"The systems approach to design and construction for facilities, systems, and equipment that insures consideration of the optimization of ecological and human issues in light of well-grounded acceptable economic constraints." - HOK Definition:
"A balance that accommodates human needs without diminishing the health and productivity of natural systems." - AIA Definition:
"The ability of society to continue functioning into the future without being forced into decline through exhaustion or overloading of the key resource on which that system depends."
Related Links
Laboratories
- Argonne National Laboratory—Sustainable Design in Homes only
- Brookhaven National Laboratory—Sustainable Design not addressed
- EPA/FEMP—Laboratories for the 21st Century
- Idaho National Laboratory—Sustainable Design not addressed
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory— Applications Team
- A Design Guide for Energy-Efficient Research Laboratories - Lawrence Livermore—LLNL Facility Design Standards
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory—Sustainable NREL
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory—Support of the Federal Energy Management Program
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory—DOE Sustainable Design Program
- Sandia National Laboratory—Sustainable Design not addressed—renewable resource information
Environmental
- BuildingGreen—Publishers of Environmental Building News
- Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development—The Green Building Technical Manual
- DOE Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
- Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design
- Office of Federal Environmental Executive
- Resources for Environmental Design Index (REDI)—Green building in the news
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- The Sustainable Building Sourcebook
- U.S. Green Building Council
Software
Products
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
- GreenSpec—Guide to environmentally responsible building products and materials
- Guidelines for purchasing products with recycled content—EPA
- Northeast Recycling Council
- U.S. Green Building Council
Information
- Climate Neutral Network
- Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- EPA Energy Star Buildings Program
- EPRI Lighting Research Office
- Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - Professional lighting society
- Indoor Air Quality—EPA
- The International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (IAEEL)
- The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
- Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- The Natural Step
- Redefining Progress
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Information Contact: Stan Jones