1. Basic concepts

3 pilars :

• socio-economic
• socio-cultural
• enviromental

2. Healthy building

Connection between human biology and the
environment.
Therefore, buildings must allow:
• air quality: correct ventilation and transpiration
• water quality
• use of natural light
• thermal comfort
• noise protection

3. Climate-human being

The energy and health of human being largely depend on the direct
effects of the environment in which he lives.
The atmospheric conditions stimulate or depress the physical and mental
work of man (apathy, stress, grief, illness…). That conditions are at an
optimum point within a range of specific climatic conditions.
The human being is a thermal machine that transforms chemical energy
into mechanical energy with great heat dispersion due to its metabolism.
The main elements of the climate environment that influence human
comfort are:
• the temperature of the air
• the radiation (thermal emission)
• the movement of the air
• the relative humidity
Human comfort also depends on:
• characteristics of clothing (insulation and total area)
• characteristics of the type of work (metabolic thermal load)

4. Sustainable design

In addition to the environmental problems, the great industrial development has led to the loss of the skills and know-how accumulated over centuries.

5. Materials

Materials take an important role in sustainability, we have to take care of our planet so using less pollutive ones can help us save the planet.

My group and I did a presentation of it which is mentioned in unit number 3C