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Dezvoltarea sustenabilă în momente de criză economică
Sustainable development during the economic crisis

Author(s): Ştefan Mihăilescu
Subject(s): Architecture
Published by: INCD URBAN-INCERC
Keywords: construction industry; sustainable development; sustainable arhitecture; buildings; economy

Summary/Abstract: Sustainable Development during Economic Crisis. Sustainable Architecture in Construction Industry operates with two concepts: The Need (the need to build an affordable life standard) and The Limit (environmental limitation to accommodate present and future needs). The Financial Crisis in the last years emphasis on the existing resources limitation and it also increases the price for accessing those resources. Modern human society needs to find replacements for fossil fuel and it needs to supress the consumption and over-consumption need. It is the time we create a sustainable and brighter future by changing the balance from excessive consumerism towards an increased quality of life.

  • Issue Year: 3/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 79-84
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian