ABSTRACT

Architecture 2030; BUG; Biophilic Design; BIPV; Circular Economy; LEED; Passive Design; Solar Chimney; Systems Thinking; WELL; Xeriscaping.

What does it all mean?

The complex and evolving language used in the sustainable design community can be very challenging, particularly to those new to environmentally friendly and resource-efficient design strategies that are needed today.

  • Definitions of over two hundred terms with further sources.
  • Clearly cross-referenced with Sustainaspeak, Theoryspeak, and Archispeak terms.
  • Illustrated throughout with sustainable award-winning buildings by e.g. Behnisch, Brooks + Scarpa, EHDD, KieranTimberlake, Lake|Flato, Leddy Mahtum Stacy, SmithGroup, Perkins+Will, ZGF, VMDO, and McDonough + Partners.

Sustainaspeak: A Guide to Sustainable Design Terms provides a current guide to the sustainable design strategies, terms, and practices needed for the next generation of designers, architects, students, and community leaders to design a carbon-neutral world for future generations.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter |5 pages

Terms

chapter |2 pages

Acronyms for Further Sources

chapter |2 pages

Adaptation

chapter |3 pages

Adaptive Reuse

chapter |2 pages

Affordable Housing

chapter |3 pages

Agenda 21

chapter |2 pages

Albedo

chapter |3 pages

Alternative Construction

chapter |2 pages

Alternative Fuels

chapter |2 pages

Anthropogenic

chapter |3 pages

Architecture 2030

chapter |2 pages

Architectural Programming

chapter |2 pages

ASHRAE Standards

chapter |2 pages

Athena Impact Estimator

chapter |1 pages

Backlight-Uplight-Glare (BUG) Rating

chapter |2 pages

BEES Method

chapter |3 pages

Biodiversity

chapter |2 pages

Biomass Power

chapter |3 pages

Biomimicry

chapter |3 pages

Biophilic Design

chapter |1 pages

BREEAM Certification

chapter |2 pages

Brise-Soleil

chapter |2 pages

Building Automated Control Systems

chapter |2 pages

Building Information Modeling

chapter |4 pages

Building Orientation

chapter |2 pages

Building Science

chapter |2 pages

Building-Integrated Photovoltaics

chapter |2 pages

Built Environment

chapter |1 pages

Carbon Footprint

chapter |2 pages

Carbon Price

chapter |2 pages

Carbon-Neutral

chapter |2 pages

Carrying Capacity

chapter |2 pages

Certified Wood

chapter |2 pages

Charrette

chapter |3 pages

Chilled Beams

chapter |2 pages

Chlorofluorocarbons

chapter |2 pages

Circular Economy

chapter |2 pages

Climate Change

chapter |3 pages

Climate Responsive Design

chapter |1 pages

Closed-Loop Supply Chain

chapter |2 pages

Cogeneration

chapter |2 pages

Commissioning

chapter |2 pages

Community Connectivity

chapter |3 pages

Constructed Wetland

chapter |2 pages

Construction Waste Management

chapter |3 pages

Cool Roofs

chapter |2 pages

Cradle-to-Cradle

chapter |2 pages

Daylighting

chapter |2 pages

Declare Label

chapter |2 pages

Deconstruction

chapter |3 pages

Deforestation

chapter |2 pages

Demand Response

chapter |3 pages

Dematerialization

chapter |2 pages

Desertification

chapter |2 pages

Design for Disassembly

chapter |1 pages

Design for the Environment

chapter |1 pages

Design Quality Assessment

chapter |1 pages

DGNB Certification

chapter |2 pages

Downcycling

chapter |2 pages

Durability

chapter |2 pages

Ecological Design

chapter |3 pages

Ecological Footprint

chapter |2 pages

Ecological Rucksack

chapter |2 pages

Ecotechnology

chapter |2 pages

EDGE Certification

chapter |2 pages

Embodied Carbon

chapter |2 pages

Embodied Energy

chapter |3 pages

Energy Efficiency

chapter |1 pages

Energy Modeling

chapter |3 pages

Energy Recovery

chapter |2 pages

Energy Star Certification

chapter |2 pages

Energy Use Intensity

chapter |3 pages

Envelope Driven Design

chapter |2 pages

Environmental Product Declaration

chapter |2 pages

Estidama Pearl Rating System

chapter |2 pages

Eutrophication

chapter |1 pages

Facilities Management

chapter |1 pages

Facility Performance Evaluation

chapter |2 pages

Factor 4 and Factor 10

chapter |3 pages

Forest Stewardship Council

chapter |2 pages

Forest Sustainable Management

chapter |2 pages

Formaldehyde

chapter |2 pages

Fossil Fuels

chapter |1 pages

Geothermal Energy

chapter |3 pages

Global Warming

chapter |2 pages

Globalization

chapter |3 pages

Green Building

chapter |3 pages

Green Building Certification Systems

chapter |2 pages

Green Chemistry

chapter |2 pages

Green Economy

chapter |2 pages

Green Globes Certification

chapter |3 pages

Green Roofs

chapter |1 pages

Green Star Certification

chapter |2 pages

Greenhouse Gases

chapter |2 pages

GreenScreen

chapter |2 pages

GRESB Initiative

chapter |3 pages

Greywater

chapter |3 pages

Ground Sourced Heat Pump

chapter |1 pages

Hannover Principles

chapter |2 pages

Health Product Declaration

chapter |3 pages

High-Performing Buildings

chapter |2 pages

Hydrofluorocarbons

chapter |2 pages

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

chapter |2 pages

Hydropower

chapter |2 pages

Indoor Environmental Quality

chapter |2 pages

Industrial Ecology

chapter |2 pages

Integrated Design

chapter |1 pages

International Green Construction Code

chapter |2 pages

JUST Program

chapter |2 pages

Kyoto Protocol

chapter |2 pages

Land Ethic

chapter |3 pages

LEED Building Certification

chapter |2 pages

Lifeboat Ethics

chapter |2 pages

Life-Cycle Assessment

chapter |2 pages

Life-Cycle Cost Analysis

chapter |2 pages

Light Pollution

chapter |2 pages

Lighting

chapter |1 pages

Livable Streets

chapter |2 pages

Living Building Challenge

chapter |2 pages

Location and Transportation

chapter |2 pages

Materials and Resources

chapter |1 pages

Methane

chapter |3 pages

Mitigation

chapter |2 pages

Montreal Protocol

chapter |2 pages

Nanotechnology

chapter |2 pages

Natural Capital

chapter |2 pages

Natural Step

chapter |4 pages

Natural Ventilation

chapter |2 pages

Naturescaping

chapter |2 pages

Neighborhood Development

chapter |3 pages

Net-Zero Energy Building Certification

chapter |2 pages

New Urbanism

chapter |1 pages

Ocean Energy

chapter |2 pages

Off-Site Prefabricated Construction

chapter |2 pages

Operations and Maintenance

chapter |2 pages

Our Common Future

chapter |2 pages

Ozone Depletion

chapter |2 pages

Paris Climate Agreement

chapter |2 pages

Parksmart Certification

chapter |2 pages

Passive Cooling

chapter |2 pages

Passive Design

chapter |1 pages

Passive House Building Standard

chapter |3 pages

Passive Solar Heating

chapter |2 pages

Passive Survivability

chapter |2 pages

PEER Certification Standard

chapter |2 pages

Permeable Pavement

chapter |3 pages

Photovoltaics

chapter |2 pages

Population Growth

chapter |3 pages

Precautionary Principle

chapter |2 pages

Rainwater Harvesting

chapter |1 pages

REACH Regulation

chapter |2 pages

Reclaimed Water

chapter |3 pages

Regenerative Design

chapter |4 pages

Renewable Energy

chapter |2 pages

Renewable Energy Certificates

chapter |2 pages

Resilient Design

chapter |2 pages

Reveal Label

chapter |1 pages

SBTool Assessment

chapter |3 pages

Sense of Place

chapter |2 pages

Seventh Generation Principle

chapter |2 pages

Shading Coefficient

chapter |2 pages

Sick Building Syndrome

chapter |3 pages

Site Analysis

chapter |3 pages

Site Remediation

chapter |2 pages

SITES Initiative

chapter |2 pages

Smart Growth

chapter |3 pages

Social Equity

chapter |3 pages

Solar Chimney

chapter |2 pages

Solar Energy

chapter |2 pages

Solar Heat Gain Coefficient

chapter |3 pages

Solar Reflectance Index

chapter |2 pages

Spaceship Earth

chapter |3 pages

Stack Ventilation

chapter |3 pages

Stormwater Management

chapter |3 pages

Structural Insulated Panels

chapter |3 pages

Sustainability

chapter |4 pages

Sustainable Design

chapter |2 pages

Sustainable Development

chapter |3 pages

Sustainable Preservation

chapter |4 pages

Sustainable Site Design

chapter |1 pages

Systems Thinking

chapter |1 pages

Thermal Comfort

chapter |2 pages

Thermal Insulation

chapter |2 pages

Tragedy of the Commons

chapter |2 pages

Triple Bottom Line

chapter |2 pages

Trombe Wall

chapter |1 pages

Underfloor Air Distribution

chapter |2 pages

Universal and Inclusive Design

chapter |2 pages

Upcycling

chapter |3 pages

Urban Design

chapter |3 pages

Urban Heat Island

chapter |2 pages

Urban Tree Canopy

chapter |1 pages

Value Engineering

chapter |2 pages

Vegetated Walls

chapter |2 pages

Vernacular Architecture

chapter |2 pages

Volatile Organic Compounds

chapter |2 pages

Waste Reduction

chapter |3 pages

Water Efficiency

chapter |1 pages

Water Sourced Heat Pumps

chapter |3 pages

Water-Energy Nexus

chapter |1 pages

WaterSense

chapter |1 pages

WELL Building Standard

chapter |3 pages

Whole Building Design

chapter |3 pages

Wind Energy

chapter |2 pages

Wind Towers

chapter |2 pages

Windows and Glazing

chapter |2 pages

Xeriscaping

chapter |2 pages

Zero Waste

chapter |3 pages

Zero-Energy Building