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Sustainable construction means that the principles of sustainable development are applied to the comprehensive construction cycle from the extraction and beneficiation of raw materials, through the planning, design and construction of buildings and infrastructure, until their final deconstruction and management of the resultant waste. It is a holistic process aiming to restore and maintain harmony between the natural and built environments, while creating settlements that affirm human dignity and encourage economic equity (Agenda 21 for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries).
Sustainable construction is the construction industry’s response to challenges posed by Sustainable Development. It is the analysis and implementation of environmental best practice in the construction industry that is exclusive to expensive projects, as it has the potential to be applied to any development. If even small aspects of a development are switched to more sustainable materials or design this should be seen as a step forward. To apply this principle in the industry, sustainable construction is on continuous effort to provide ways of buildings that use less virgin material and less energy, cause less pollution and less waste but still provide the benefits that construction projects have brought us throughout history.
It is a general perception that the introduction of sustainable construction practices increases costs and reduces profit. Additional investments in technology and training that most likely reduce the construction profit often become excuses to apply sustainable concepts. Despite the increasing cost of sustainable construction application, savings also result from efficient resource use, higher productivity and reduced risk. The challenge is to find ways of capitalizing on these benefits to increase profitability.
Yet, sustainable construction does not mean simply that the industry is able to continue its business to grow, but also it supports the triple bottom line of sustainable development – environmental quality, economic success, and social wellbeing. Sustainable construction not only focuses on biophysical and economic considerations of sustainability in the built environment, but it also pays attention to quality of life in human dimension. All in all.
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