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1. SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

2. Sustainable design is the efficient use of space, use of materials with
low environmental impacts, reducing energy consumption, reduction
of pollution and waste. The implementation of sustainable design is a
reaction to the depletion of natural resources.
Source: Wikipedia
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND ITS USE?

3. Here are some interesting examples!

4. BULLITT CENTER, SEATTLE
The first office building to achieve the Living Building Challenge Certification is the 52,000 sq ft Bullit Center
at Seattle. 83% more efficient than an average office building, the Bullit Center has photovoltaic panels
installed on the building’s rooftop that produce around 230,000 kWh a year. Claimed to be the greenest
commercial building in the world, Bullitt Centre has managed to avoid energy and water utility bills for the
next 250 years!
Image Credits: ArchDaily and ULI Case Studies

5. Image Credits: ArchDaily
SHANGHAI
NATURAL HISTORY
MUSEUM, CHINA
Inspired by the nautilus shell, one of the purest geometric forms
found in nature, this building has been intelligently designed to
maximise daylight and minimise solar gain. The oval courtyard
pond provides evaporative cooling, while the temperature of
the building is regulated with a geothermal system that uses
energy from the earth for heating and cooling.

6. VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE
WEST, NORTH AMERICA
Winner of the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED Platinum) Vancouver Convention
Centre West has the largest non-industrial living roof in North America which hosts more than 400,000
indigenous plants.
Image Credits: Vancouver observer

7. NAVI MUMBAI’S ECO-FRIENDLY
HOUSE, INDIA
This uniquely constructed house is a patchwork of designs and a collage of recycled materials. The most
intriguing fact about the house is that it has been designed to harbour four generations of the same family.
This design also incorporates environmental consciousness through 50,000 litre rainwater harvesting tank
placed on an upper level.
Image Credits: The Better India

8. PLUS HOUSE LARVIK, NORWAY
Winner of WAN Sustainable Buildings 2015, the Plus House Larvik in Norway was designed to
generate an energy surplus that can power an electric car year-round. With an aim to come up
with solutions that would lead to improvement of comfort along with consuming low amounts of
energy.
Image Credits: Architect Magazine

9. An apartment complex of 120 homes located 18 kilometres outside of Bangalore is the Zed Earth.
Zed Earth refutes any idea that which suggests that sustainability has to skimp on luxury.
The Zed Earth/Zed eco-homes are built with a governing principle of cost, Aesthetics, Function,
Ease of execution, Environment-friendly and time.
ZED EARTH, INDIA
Image Credits: Permaculture News

10. CHOCKALINGAM MUTHIAH’S HOUSE, INDIA
This house is completely off the grid for energy and the lifestyle of its residents demonstrates
the perfect blend of traditional wisdom and sustainability. The house has been designed in such
a manner that allows for good ventilation and abundant natural light.
Even the electronic devices here run on solar power. The residents of this house believe in the
principle of consuming only what can be generated or preserved.
Image Credits: The alternative in

11. DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, VIRGINIA
The largest zero energy school in the US is the Discovery Elementary School at Arlington, Virginia with
PV array installed on the roof. With an aim to provide a solution to the global crisis of climate change,
the 98,000 SF building has been established in a residential neighbourhood by terracing the mass into
a South facing hill for ideal orientation of Solar generation.
Image Credits:VMDO

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‘Sustainability as a Sustainable Design Practice’
on our blog ‘The Design Alcove’.