5 Top Sustainable Building Concepts (with Pics)

May 22nd, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

Sustainable building or green building design isn’t something we cover a lot here on CleanTechnica, even though many of the components of sustainable building are cleantech products, so this nice summary of 5 top sustainable building concepts from around the world seemed like a perfect article to repost from sister site Green Building Elements — enjoy:

GUEST POST: Five of the World’s Most Sustainable Building Concepts (via http://greenbuildingelements.com)

As most of us know from hearing the word too many times, sustainable building covers a very wide range of definitions. But regardless of how we might define something and spar on who has the best meaning, the idea of practicing sustainability for what we build and how we live is a measure we should…

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