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Sustainable Design
Sustainable design seeks to reduce negative impacts on the environment, and the
health and comfort of building occupants, thereby improving building performance. The
basic objectives of sustainability are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources,
minimize waste, and create healthy, productive environments.
Sustainable design principles include the ability to:
• optimize site potential;
• minimize non-renewable energy consumption;
• use environmentally preferable products;
• protect and conserve water;
• enhance indoor environmental quality; and
• optimize operational and maintenance practices
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Utilizing a sustainable design philosophy encourages decisions at each phase of the
design process that will reduce negative impacts on the environment and the health of the
occupants, without compromising the bottom line. It is an integrated, holistic approach that
encourages compromise and tradeoffs. Such an integrated approach positively impacts all
phases of a building’s life-cycle, including design, construction, operation and
decommissioning.
www.gsa.gov/sustainabledesign.