The Impact of Sustainable Building Design: 9 Ways Green Buildings Contribute to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Shift Towards Sustainability in the AEC Industry

 The United Nations created 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that serve as a blueprint to achieve a better, more sustainable future for all by addressing poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, climate change, etc. As the single largest contributor to global carbon emissions, the building industry has a direct impact on many of these goals, which are environment-oriented.

However, the development of green buildings has the potential to impact several SDGs beyond the realm of environmental sustainability. Sustainable building industries can educate, generate employment, build communities, improve health and well-being, and do so much more! In this e-Book, we outline the 9 sustainable development goals that are impacted by green buildings and explain how an industry-wide focus on sustainability can bring us closer to achieving these goals.

Key topics include:

  • The importance of an industry-wide shift toward sustainability

  • SDGs impacted by green buildings and ways to achieve them

  • Sustainable strategies AEC professionals can implement now

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