| Sustainable
Development Principles
The following
principles are among those that have been developed to help guide
sustainable development efforts:
Wingspread Principles, The Hannover Principles, The Natural Step
Principles, The Earth Charter Benchmark Draft, The Precautionary
Principle, National Park Service's Principles for Sustainable
Design and
more.
The
HANNOVER Principles
By William McDonough Architects
We
Need a Global Declaration of Interdependence
The Western ideal of comfort and wealth holds a hollow promise
for the rest of the world and provides fodder for extremists.
Green
Building Principles -- Environmental Impact
Preserving Integrity of Site
Preserving
Integrity of Site. Green construction practices disturb as little
of the natural environment as possible. A green building project
should evaluate the site and determine how the building could
best blend in without merely "imposing" the building
on the site. One strategy for preserving the integrity of the
site is low-impact development that maintains the land's hydrologic
functions and reduces stormwater runoff.
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