POEs for Sustainable Spaces (09-26-11)
People developing environmentally responsible spaces should review Baird’s latest book, Sustainable Building in Practice.
People developing environmentally responsible spaces should review Baird’s latest book, Sustainable Building in Practice.
Designers can benefit from a better understanding of how people think about and react to the natural environment.
People underestimate the pleasure that they experience in nature, which has implications for the development of sustainability initiatives.
Alexander Garvin is an urban planner with a deep understanding of what makes parks viable. In the final chapter of his 2011 book, Public Parks: The Key to Livable Communities, he clearly presents the six types of sustainability that he believes explain the continued success of Central Park in New York City.
For years, designers and others trying to encourage environmentally responsible behavior have discussed space users’ carbon footprints with them.
Olander and Eves have evaluated contextual influences on the use of stairs and elevators at workplaces.
Energy conservation is popular for two reasons – it is both environmentally and fiscally responsible.
The General Services Administration (GSA) has released online a 3-D interactive program to streamline the planning of sustainable office buildings.
Nature experiences have an important influence on human attitudes and behaviors.
Researchers at Notre Dame have assessed how motivated employees are at organizations working for the public good and found that they have more passion for their work and find more meaning in it than people employed at other organizations.