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The Earth's ecosystems are now at a critical stage: they are not only being severely damaged but human activity currently leads to irreversible losses of critical (i.e. life-supporting) ecosystem functions. Buildings and construction works have the largest single share in global resource use and pollution emission. In OECD countries the built environment is responsible for around 25-40% of total energy use, 30% of raw material use, 30-40% of global greenhouse gas emissions and for 30 to 40% of solid waste generation.
The central role of buildings in people's livesIn addition, in OECD countries, people spend almost 90% of their life inside buildings. In the United States, the annual cost of building-related sickness is estimated to be at $58 billion. Consequently, healthy and comfortable indoor environments contribute significantly to human health and well-being and offer a large potential for reducing 'external' costs to societies through lowering diseases.
The challenges of urbanismBeyond individual buildings, poor patterns of building development often lead to congestion and inefficient use of land, resulting in greater energy consumption and travel time, loss of productivity, polluted runoff to surface water and wastewater treatment systems, loss of agricultural lands, fragmented habitats, and fiscal stress to local communities.
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Toward sustainable buildings- Why is it important to have sustainable buildings?
- What is sustainable construction?
- A major shift from standard practices to « best practices »
- Building evaluation schemes: towards international coordination
- Are sustainable buildings expensive?
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How do you make a sustainable town?
You make a sustainable town by creating job opportunities and wealth creation opportunities.
How do you make land sustainable?
You make land sustainable by sustaining it. Keep it healthy instead of destroying it in the first place.
Why is it important to have house style on a website?
Its important to have house style because if it didn't the other house wold think it was poor and make fun of it. Also when you have a house party people complement your house and its styles.
Why the White House have many rooms?
to make it look important
What factors make a system sustainable?
Wetlands, forests, water, animals, and sunlight are some of the many factors that make a system sustainable.
How do people plan for droughts?
They can't really. But if they do they can have a sustainable amount of water in their house.
Which is the best way ti make resources sustainable?
we can preserve sustainable resources by helding awareness programme.
Why is sustainable development is important for economical development?
Many of these changes can be summarized in the phrase "sustainable development." The case of sustainable development is appearing more and more frequently in discussions of community economic development.
Why is it important to use sustainable resources?
Sustainability is important in nature, since it is the ability for ecosystems remain the generally the same in terms of natural processes, life, etc. If sustainability does not happen, then ecosystems will change and alter in negative ways and some of our resources, such as water may not be there.
What conversation rules did they have in place to make seafood a sustainable resource?
The conversation rules that that they had in place to make seafood a sustainable resource was based on three component framework.
Who is the most important person in the white house and how much money do they make?
the president.
Why is opening day very important in the house of representatives?
becausethey make a law
