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Goal of sustainable architectural design
Find architecture solutions that guarantee things
Sustain architecture goals: 3
Well being and coexistence of society
Environment
Profitability
Sustainable architecture attempts to reduce negative effects: 2
Humans
Environment
Of or relating to immediate surroundings of something
Ambient
Means buildings save cost in terms of energy and water and provide at least same ambient quality
Efficiency
Sustainable architecture vegans with what?
Sustainable planning
Social impacts on sustainable architectural design: 5
Health Safety Comfort Productivity Quality of life concerns
The fundamental principle of solar design is what?
Warming effects of suns rays which is achieved by glazing, orientation and thermal mass
Glass allows _____ or more of energy from sun through windows
90 percent
Double glazing is either ___ as good or _____ as bad
Twice
Half
A small air gap between sheets of glass is considered what?
Good insulator
Double glazing has insulating power of what?
Single layer of bricks
Direction and height of sun in high northern latitudes and low southern latitudes changes during the year. T or F
True
Surfaces facing ____ recieve ____ all year round
South
Sun
Solar panels and windows that capture solar warming in winter should face close to what direction?
South
Shade all year round is called what
Northern exposure
Focus on insulation and minimizes glazing on that side of the facility
Northern exposure
what windows work best to maximize solar heating in winter?
Vertical windows facing south
The way a building can store and regulate internal heat
Thermal mass
Buildings that take a long time to heat up and cool down have a high what?
Thermal mass
High thermal mass examples
Brick
Concrete
Stone
Water
Low thermal mass examples
Air
____ warms up quickly but does not stay warm for long
Air
Sustainable architectural priorities: 4
Economy of resources
Life cycle design
Design for humanity and environment
Management and leadership
When hotels meet its own needs it becomes a true what?
eco-hotel
Environmental consequences from procurement of materials to end of facility
Cradle to grave
Idea of reusing and recycling agricultural materials time and time again
Life cycle design
Ultimate aim of sustainable construction is?
Management and leadership
What buildings produce their own energy that is harvested on site with surplus fed back into the grid
Zero energy buildings
when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life
food security
sustainable agriculture is at the center of what concept?
food security
many food born diseases can be contributed too?
food and drinking water
contributes to increased and affordable items and low-priced food additives
intensive agricultural practices
what enters our body through water supply?
heavy metals
many food-borne pathogens contaminate food mostly due to what?
poor hygiene
health related concerns are directly related to what? 2
sugar and kinds of food consumed in the west which are high in fat content
food standards and certifications are what?
voluntary
standards for organic agriculture have been…
on-going for 20 years
rules and regulations slightly differ from what?
US and EU
food rules and regulations slightly differ and apply to what percent of global market for _____ food
90 percent
organic
crop rotation includes what?
nitrogen-fixing plants
gmo and ionization radiation is _____
prohibited
nitrogen-fixing plants include
peas, clover, broad beans
selected for sustainability to given environmental conditions and farming practices
plant and animals species
what isn’t allowed in livestock farming?
antibiotics
animals are supposed to be fed ____ percent organic feed
100 percent
____ (3) all interact and depend on each other
humans, plants, soil
works well on soils that contain minimum amount of organic matter contents with no chemicals allowed
organic farming
organic farming performs better when considering the ___ ____ ____
environmental bottom line
pay producers an agreed minimum price
fair trade food
human rights, environmental concerns, labor conditions, animal well-being- all non-economic concerns
ethical trading
businesses view fair trade food concerns as what?
corporate social responsibility
companies integrate interests and needs of customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, communities, and planets into corporate strategies
corporate social responsibility
describe general paradigm of local food systems
farm to fork
became a synonym for globalization of food sector
food miles
private and institutional consumers buy ____ grown or produced _____ away
foods
far
terminology used to describe ______ _____ is diverse
local food
all local food are aiming at what concept?
producing, marketing and consuming food products within a certain geographic area
restaurant managers must be careful how they define specific regional food and how definition is communicated to clientele T OR F?
True
relationships from chefs to ____ of key ingredients can decrease risk of running out
providers
___ ____ strive for quality
regional food
just because regional food is local it must also be ___ quality
superior
food consumption occurs at nearly ____ hours, which can have _____ effect on ones health
all
negative
_____ remains essential daily meal for optimal well-being
breakfast
eating one’s way through the day
grazing
____ has shown minimal support to enhancing ones health
grazing
Eat ____ in day and ___ later
earlier
less
give body an ____ fast
overnight
it is also good to eat _____
slower
what states that salt isn’t for you
the journal of AMA
____-____ can help lower blood pressure
eco-therapy
rage during the 1940’s and 1950’s
supper clubs
gathering of strangers inside private home
brick and mortar or pop-ups
beginning of sustainable food movement started when?
1970’s
sustainable food movement increases awareness of what?
environmental issues that impact global economy
stressed importance of integrity of food from natural agricultural systems locally
back to nature movement
early stages of food industry started when?
1850’s
in 1850’s early food industry started what? 2
new food processing techniques
groups in Europe sought more natural and authentic nutrition
in the past ____ Decades of ____ century there has been many diverse food movements
3
20th
all food movements were founded upon concept of what?
a strong interest in the nutritional content of food
___ _____ is difficult to define
health food- no clear definition
___ ____ is used in general terminology to include natural foods, organic foods, vegetarian foods
health food
seeks to encourage enjoyment of regional foods
slow food
seed bank initiates set up to do what?
protect fruit and veggies spices no longer farmed
slow food movement started with who?
Carol Petrin (1986)
no international legal definition of what?
sustainable food
___ and _____ are 2 of the most intensive actions between mankind and nature
eating and drinking
what report said that _____ million US leisure travelers choose a destination based on what?
Skift Report
39 million
availability of culinary activities
materials from more sustainable sources examples
bamboo, hemp, soft woods
integrating a much greater proportion of recused materials in new construction projects such as from demolition site rubble
sustainable construction
quantity of energy required to manufacture and supply to the point of use, a product, material or service
Embodied energy
renovating an _____ building will always use ____ energy then building a ____ hotel
existing
less
new
sustainable architectural priorities: (4)
economy of resources
life cycle design
design for humanity and the environment
management and leadership
vast majority of ____ use ____ lighting during the day
buildings
artificial
design stage to plan for maximizing the use of natural air flow and cooling
stack effect
capture wind and create air flows within the budding is known as what?
the stack or chimney effect
air ____ and ____ when warm
expands and rises
when air expands and rises when warm it is called what?
convection (heat moves around the buldings)
____ _____ is a major energy drain
air conditioning
____ ____ seek out culinary activities after a destination is decided upon
35 million
In US, _____ w/o salt are called ____
pretzels
baldies
____ turmoil adds to green marketing and branding to put pressure for companies to show responsibility
economic
Cause related marketing: started when?
middle 1980’s through 1990’s
creates emotional bond between customer and brand
emotional branding
all marketing activities aimed at ____ ______
straight consumption
two modes of brand communications:
expression
content
physical/tangible dimension of brand captured by a consumer through sensory perception
expression
multitude of ideas and messages portrayed by a brand
content
green marketing 3 points
1- marketing of products that are presumed to be environmentally safe
2- development and marketing of products designed to minimize effects on physical environment and improve quality of life
3- efforts by an org. to promote produce and package products in a manner thats sensitive/responsive to ecological concerns
also known as life cycle analysis, eco-balance and cradle-to-grave analysis
Life cycle assessment
investigation and valuation of environmental impacts of specific products or services caused or necessitated by its existence
life cycle assessment
compare range of environmental and social damages assigned to products and services then select least burdensome one from the group
life cycle assessment purpose
making depends upon the gathering of information
marketing decision
information regarding product, service, and provides to consumer advice on how to best handle product or service until final disposal
Responsible marketing
