It's not easy being green." -- Kermit the Frog, 1972.
OMD has produced sustainable building designs, also known as "Green building" (or "green architecture"), it has delivered projects that embody environmentally-conscious architecture design technique. Projects that seek to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development of space.
- While planning and design early decisions have the greatest impact on energy efficiency, passive solar design, day lighting, and natural cooling
- Sustainable design is more of a philosophy of building than a prescriptive building style.
- Sustainable buildings don't have to cost more, nor are they more complicated than traditional construction
- Integrated design, that is design where each component is considered part of a greater whole, is critical to successful sustainable design
- The elements of building design can be: energy saving architectural features, energy conserving building envelope.
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We study the linked domains of sustainability, environmental (natural patterns and flows), economic (financial patterns and equity), and social (human, cultural, and spiritual). Sustainable designs are produced by a collaborative process that involves holistic and creative approach that connects land use and design at the regional level and addresses community design and mobility; site ecology and water use; place-based energy generation, performance, and security; materials and construction; light and air; bioclimatic design; and issues of long life . True sustainable designs are beautiful, humane, socially appropriate, and restorative of natural systems. We consider following guide lines:
- Reducing energy in use
- Minimizing external pollution and environmental damage
- Minimizing internal pollution and damage to health
- Reducing embodied energy and resource depletion & Reduce human exposure to noxious materials
- Conserve non-renewable energy and scarce materials
- Minimize life-cycle ecological impact of energy and materials used & Use renewable energy and materials that are sustainably harvested
- Protect and restore local air, water, soils, flora and fauna
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