Green Architecture: A Concept of Sustainability

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• 作者：Amany Ragheb^a ; ^{ghada.ragheb@pua.edu.eg" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Hisham El-Shimy^b ; Ghada Ragheb^b
• 关键词：Green-building systems ; sustainable buildings ; natural buildings ; living architecture ; renewable resources ; eco-design ; eco-friendly architecture ; earth-friendly architecture ; environmental architecture ; natural architecture
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：6 January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：216
• 期：Complete
• 页码：778-787
• 全文大小：453 K

文摘

In recent years, sustainability concept has become the common interest of numerous disciplines. The reason for this popularity is to perform the sustainable development. The Concept of Green Architecture, also known as “sustainable architecture” or “green building,” is the theory, science and style of buildings designed and constructed in accordance with environmentally friendly principles. Green architecture strives to minimize the number of resources consumed in the building's construction, use and operation, as well as curtailing the harm done to the environment through the emission, pollution and waste of its components.

To design, construct, operate and maintain buildings energy, water and new materials are utilized as well as amounts of waste causing negative effects to health and environment is generated. In order to limit these effects and design environmentally sound and resource efficient buildings; “green building systems” must be introduced, clarified, understood and practiced.

This paper aims at highlighting these difficult and complex issues of sustainability which encompass the scope of almost every aspect of human life.