Course: Sustainable Construction and Development

In previous weeks, we have established that it is not possible for a building to be sustainable if it fulfills just one of the pillars of sustainable development? In addition, …

Where the construction industry gets it right, that is, when it enshrines social sustainability into construction strategies and policies, the outcomes have been very positive and are often embedded in …

Various design and construction management strategies exist which can be used to drive economic sustainability in projects’ delivery, but as we have seen in the previous step, sustainability has to …

Sustainable project management (SPM) is the planning, monitoring and controlling of project delivery and support processes with consideration for the environmental, economic, and social aspects of the lifecycle of project …

In this step we are back with Adrian, and this time he meets with Dorte Jorgensen, who worked on the London 2012 Olympic site. She goes into excellent detail regarding …

Environmental sustainability means that we are living within the regenerative capacity of our natural environment. Translating this to the built environment, it means drastically reducing the huge demands by the …

So far we have looked at the concept of sustainability, its definition and importance to socio-economic growth and development. What we need to consider now is how sustainability can be …