Textiles and the Environment Green, Sustainable Design
Textiles and the Environment
1) What does green design mean? The definition of “green design” is relatively simple. Green design is the intention to reduce or completely eliminate negative environmental impacts through thoughtful designs. The term often refers to the movement in the architecture and engineering industries towards buildings that incorporate the local environment and take advantages of nature resources such as sunlight, wind patterns, and geographic location to minimize the impact of building on the local, regional, and global environment. Sustainable building design attempts to make it healthier, less wasteful, and with fewer impacts on the natural environment through building design, materials, and building operations. Sustainable design tries to maximize overall efficiency and energy efficiency as well. Nowadays, however, the meaning of “green/sustainable design” encompasses not only buildings but all industries. The idea of “green” or “sustainable” entered the mainstream and has attracted public attention. There are many reasons why that concept is entering the mainstream and catch the attention of people: global warming, rising energy cost, the growing awareness and liability costs associated with “contamination of nature”, declining oil reserves, and concerns about limited supply. Green/sustainable design is measured according to environmental, financial and social factors. As focusing on industrial development, humans have destroyed much of the nature. It is essential to accept that humans are dependent on the natural environment for their survival and wellbeing. According to Edwin Datschefski, consultant in environmental management and sustainable product design, green design have to meet the following requisites to achieve sustainability in terms of environmental aspects: all materials for manufacturing products have to be reusable, energy comes from renewable sources such as solar, wind and water power, no hazardous substances are
1) What does green design mean? The definition of “green design” is relatively simple. Green design is the intention to reduce or completely eliminate negative environmental impacts through thoughtful designs. The term often refers to the movement in the architecture and engineering industries towards buildings that incorporate the local environment and take advantages of nature resources such as sunlight, wind patterns, and geographic location to minimize the impact of building on the local, regional, and global environment. Sustainable building design attempts to make it healthier, less wasteful, and with fewer impacts on the natural environment through building design, materials, and building operations. Sustainable design tries to maximize overall efficiency and energy efficiency as well. Nowadays, however, the meaning of “green/sustainable design” encompasses not only buildings but all industries. The idea of “green” or “sustainable” entered the mainstream and has attracted public attention. There are many reasons why that concept is entering the mainstream and catch the attention of people: global warming, rising energy cost, the growing awareness and liability costs associated with “contamination of nature”, declining oil reserves, and concerns about limited supply. Green/sustainable design is measured according to environmental, financial and social factors. As focusing on industrial development, humans have destroyed much of the nature. It is essential to accept that humans are dependent on the natural environment for their survival and wellbeing. According to Edwin Datschefski, consultant in environmental management and sustainable product design, green design have to meet the following requisites to achieve sustainability in terms of environmental aspects: all materials for manufacturing products have to be reusable, energy comes from renewable sources such as solar, wind and water power, no hazardous substances are
References: J.J. Pizzuto. (2010). Fabric Science (9th ed.), New York: Fairchild http://www.espdesign.org/sustainability-definition/