But new types of design and economics are needed for anything to change. ... Put simply, designers cannot design sustainable future ways of living on scale without a shift in economic priorities.

Alexandra Staub, author and professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School at Penn ...

Sustainable design as a mandate We no longer live in a world where we can relegate sustainable design to its own category, treating it as a nice-to-have addition or separate consideration.

Companies must design, manufacture and deliver sustainable products that meet the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Although economic analysis has much to offer (for example in the design of policy instruments for delivering sustainable development), we caution firmly against a reliance on formal modelling to ...

We caught up with David Bergman, a green architect, professor, and author, who also shared the above photos from his new book Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide (2012 Princeton Architectural Press).

Lower-maintenance plants also require less water, so native plants and cultivars, naturally, are part of sustainable garden design. For a project in Maine, SSA used native ground covers harvested ...

The new McKinsey report, Design for sustainable fisheries, explores the best means of establishing sustainable fisheries around the world, based on a clear understanding of the options and their ...

Historically, the automotive industry has not focused on sustainable practices. Traditional manufacturing processes use huge amounts of energy, metals, plastics, toxins, and manpower; all leaving ...

Sustainable design as a mandate We no longer live in a world where we can relegate sustainable design to its own category, treating it as a nice-to-have addition or separate consideration.