The word "green" has been altered from a simple colour mix of yellow and blue, and has been converted into a lifestyle and design.
Green is now used to define buildings and behaviour, with recycling, grey water, energy efficiency and air quality.
If something is environmental or if you are being environmental that would be labelled green.
For example, there are essentially four pillars that can be looked at, when looking at a green design for a building.
The first would be the building materials and resources.
Essentially these should allow for minimal environmental impact, embodied energy and be sustainable.
The second pillar would include the indoor air environment, with regards to natural ventilation and minimizing volatile organic compounds (VOC) in applications such as paint.
The third and fourth is being effiecient in water and electricity.
The design should involve renewable energy and make use of wind, solar and geothermal if possible.
Water efficiency comes through in grey water filtration systems, recycling, and capturing rainwater.
Overall 'green' is a general term that looks at various things that are environmentally friendly.
Sustainability is a bit more precise.
The term on its own refers to "humans investment in a system of living, projected to be viable on a ongoing basis that provides quality of life for all individuals of sentient species and preserves natural ecosystems.
" Sustainability refers to, essentially, systems being run indefinitely, within the context that it is used.
For example, the United Nations 2005 World Summit Outcome refers to "Sustainability Development" having three pillars: social, economic and environmental.
It is only where the three pillars overlap that you have sustainability.
Indigenous people have stated that there is forth pillar that should be included: cultural.
Referring to the term sustainability, in this context of "development" the result would be economic systems that last indefinitely.
In the context of "sustainable agriculture" the three main goals are environmental stewardship, farm profitability and prosperous communities.
Basically to create agricultural systems that is indefinite.
So while companies and business try and jump on the wagon, grasping at terms such as "green" and "sustainable", they need to work out which one they are claiming and find out why.
Green would imply they are environmental-friendly such as low VOC soluble paint and solar panels.
Sustainability would be concrete, not really environmental friendly, but has a long-life span.
Green is now used to define buildings and behaviour, with recycling, grey water, energy efficiency and air quality.
If something is environmental or if you are being environmental that would be labelled green.
For example, there are essentially four pillars that can be looked at, when looking at a green design for a building.
The first would be the building materials and resources.
Essentially these should allow for minimal environmental impact, embodied energy and be sustainable.
The second pillar would include the indoor air environment, with regards to natural ventilation and minimizing volatile organic compounds (VOC) in applications such as paint.
The third and fourth is being effiecient in water and electricity.
The design should involve renewable energy and make use of wind, solar and geothermal if possible.
Water efficiency comes through in grey water filtration systems, recycling, and capturing rainwater.
Overall 'green' is a general term that looks at various things that are environmentally friendly.
Sustainability is a bit more precise.
The term on its own refers to "humans investment in a system of living, projected to be viable on a ongoing basis that provides quality of life for all individuals of sentient species and preserves natural ecosystems.
" Sustainability refers to, essentially, systems being run indefinitely, within the context that it is used.
For example, the United Nations 2005 World Summit Outcome refers to "Sustainability Development" having three pillars: social, economic and environmental.
It is only where the three pillars overlap that you have sustainability.
Indigenous people have stated that there is forth pillar that should be included: cultural.
Referring to the term sustainability, in this context of "development" the result would be economic systems that last indefinitely.
In the context of "sustainable agriculture" the three main goals are environmental stewardship, farm profitability and prosperous communities.
Basically to create agricultural systems that is indefinite.
So while companies and business try and jump on the wagon, grasping at terms such as "green" and "sustainable", they need to work out which one they are claiming and find out why.
Green would imply they are environmental-friendly such as low VOC soluble paint and solar panels.
Sustainability would be concrete, not really environmental friendly, but has a long-life span.
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