What is Sustainability Anyway?

Sustainability is like teenage sex. Everybody says they’re doing it, very few people are actually doing it. Those who are doing it, are doing it badly," once Joseph Romm said.

It is evident that there are many misconceptions about what sustainable architecture really is. Some define it as building with recycled materials, others believe it is all about integrating green elements into the architecture, and some mount solar panels onto their roof and label the project “green”.

Archimarathon’s Kevin Hui and Andrew Maynard discuss the hot topic of sustainability in architecture and break down what it takes to have a truly sustainable project.

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Cite: Dima Stouhi. "What is Sustainability Anyway? " 03 Oct 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/948875/what-is-sustainability-anyway> ISSN 0719-8884

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