# Sustainable Architecture

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Category: Architecture
Slides: 31
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:17:29.370Z
Tags: architecture, sustainable

## Summary

Buildings are responsible for roughly 37% of global energy-related greenhouse-gas emissions — about 27% from operating energy and 10% from embodied carbon in construction materials. The decarbonisation of architecture is not a sub-discipline; it is the central design problem of the next forty years. Key sections include: Sustain able.; Opening The mandate.; Chapter I The numbers.; Chapter II Passive design.; Chapter III Passivhaus.; Chapter IV LEED and BREEAM.; Chapter V Embodied carbon.; Chapter VI Mass timber.; Chapter VII Low-carbon concrete.; Chapter VIII Biophilic design..

## Slide Outline

1. Sustain able.
2. Opening The mandate.
3. Chapter I The numbers.
4. Chapter II Passive design.
5. Chapter III Passivhaus.
6. Chapter IV LEED and BREEAM.
7. Chapter V Embodied carbon.
8. Chapter VI Mass timber.
9. Chapter VII Low-carbon concrete.
10. Chapter VIII Biophilic design.
11. Chapter IX Climate-responsive design.
12. Chapter X Net zero.
13. Chapter XI The retrofit imperative.
14. Chapter XII The architects.
15. Chapter XIII What pre-modern buildings already knew.
16. Chapter XIV The materials revolution.
17. Chapter XV Building energy systems.
18. Chapter XVI Water-conscious design.
19. Chapter XVII The sustainable site.
20. Chapter XVIII Health and indoor environment.
21. Chapter XIX The economic argument.
22. Chapter XX Greenwashing.
23. Chapter XXI The library.
24. Chapter XXII Watch & read.
25. Chapter XXIII The pilgrimage.
26. Chapter XXIV The sustainable city.
27. Chapter XXV Open problems.
28. Chapter XXVI Why this matters.
29. Chapter XXVII If you're an architect.
30. Chapter XXVIII The next decade.
31. The end of the deck.

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