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Sustainable design in public housing

Introduction Public Housing in Hong Kong has significantly shaped our built environment and has provided over 900,000 public housing units, accommodating nearly half of the population. The move of public housing towards sustainable design is therefore a challenging task. Environmental concern is nothing new for the Hong Kong Housing Authority and environmentally friendly practice is an importan...

Sustainable Modular Home Design

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Sustainable Infrastructure Material Design

Traditionally, the foremost concern among transportation engineers has been the safety and reliability of major infrastructure components. Until recently, sustainability has not been included in most infrastructure systems on any level. However, the engineering community, along with society as a whole, is realizing the importance of sustainability-oriented infrastructure systems. Yet incorporat...

A Standard Design Process for Sustainable Design

This exploratory research examined the degree of adoption and impact of the concepts of Building Information Model (BIM), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Integrated Design Process (IDP) and Building Energy Simulation (BES) on the design processes of advanced architectural firms when executing sustainable design. Six offices identified by the press and peers’ recognition for a strong commitme...

Sustainable Design in the Healthcare Environment