Sustainable design (also called environmental design, environmentally sustainable design, environmentally conscious design, etc.) is the philosophy of designing physical objects and services to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability.
Sustainable design considers the environmental impacts of design products throughout a life cycle that includes: raw material; transformation; manufacturing; transportation; use; and disposal. Techniques for sustainable design include: reducing the amount of materials required for production; using materials made with recycled, post-consumer waste; and using production and distribution methods that require the least amount of transport.
Sustainable design is mostly a general reaction to global environmental crises, the rapid growth of economic activity and human population, depletion of natural resources, damage to ecosystems, and loss of biodiversity.
Some of the Sustainable Design Principles include:
▪ Low-impact materials: non-toxic, sustainably produced or recycled materials which require little energy to process
- Energy efficiency
- Quality and durability
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