Module 1 - From Blueprint to Greenprint

Fundamentals of Sustainability and Green Buildings:
-Sustainable (❌): something capable of being sustained or maintained over time
-Sustainability (❌): the concept, practice, or condition of being sustained over time; the ❌ for endurance

Sustainability through ❌ involves understanding interconnectedness and ❌ in a system. Our actions and decisions ❌ one aspect of the system can have far-reaching ❌ throughout the entirety of the system. This includes social, economical, and ❌ systems. Individual fixes can lead to ❌ changes.

The "triple bottom line" framework suggests that sustainable success requires considering not only ❌ prosperity but also ❌ stewardship and ❌ responsibility.

The Impact of Buildings in the US:

❌:
- ❌% of total energy use
- ❌% of electricity usse
- ❌% of greenhouse gas emmissions
- ❌% of raw material use and waste output
- ❌ million tons of waste annually

❌:
- ❌ million jobs in construction since ❌
- average of ❌% of time spent indoors

❌:
- $❌ billion in annual revenue from the building industry
- ❌% of buildings suffer from SBS, negatively affecting occupants' health and productivity

Green building practices drive ❌ resource use in ❌ nations and empower ❌ nations to enhance their quality of life sustainably without ❌ local resources.

Green Building (❌); structure/building designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner; aims to ❌ impacts on the environment and ❌ resource efficiency throughout its life cycle

Green Building (❌): the process of ❌ incorporating sustainable design principles and practices throughout planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of a building

How are Green Buildings different and how do we start designing them?
- Green buildings are ❌, better ❌, and need to be designed with an ❌ design process from the start.
- Green buildings are designed with an integrative and ❌ approach.