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Roger Williams University

2011

Sustainability

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Invention Center: A Building Of Inventions, Jonathan T. Archbald Jan 2011

Invention Center: A Building Of Inventions, Jonathan T. Archbald

Architecture Theses

In today’s world, the word sustainable often goes hand in hand with design. As a recent trend the LEED standards are used as a way to “prove” a building’s commitment to being sustainable. LEED however is only the tip of the sustainable iceberg of what design can actually be. The term Sustainable has to be linked with the term efficient. Sustainability is more than the design and construction of a project. It has to be involved with all aspects of a project’s life.