Contents

• SUSTAINABILITY 3
• Environmental dimension of sustainability 4
• Societal dimension of sustainability 4
• Economic dimension 5
• Sustainability and built environment 5
• The concept of sustainability in building environment 7
• Principles of sustainability; 7
• The sustainability built environment 8
• Thus the sustainability building should possess; 8
• The current concerns 9
• Sustainable planning 10
• Sustainable design 11
• Sustainability design principles 11
• Sustainable architecture 13
• Waste management 14
• Strategies for Waste Prevention 14
• Sustainable technologies for the built environment 15
• Conclusion 16
• Bibliography 17

Description

This essay is based on the following requirement –
Critically review the need for applying sustainability principles in the design, development and management of the built environment? Your essay should reflect two good and bad examples for the built environment to support your argument.