Going green is a phrase that has swept America back and forth multiple times over the past few decades. No matter where one is to go, a person is likely to see something that contributes to the environment. This could be anything from community cleanup programs, to designated bins for trash and recyclables. Even the way buildings are made contribute to the topic of going green. One reason why industries take up the theme of going green is to the fact that there is money to be made. Minimizing waste in construction and manufacturing help companies to save money. Sustainability is a process of changing the way things are done to optimize performance and minimize waste. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) enforces laws and regulations on …show more content…
(“Building Information Modeling”) BIM is digital, meaning it is able to be shared with all people working on the project so that it can be modified where it is needed. Along with being able to share, BIM is capable of showing how much pressure is applied to objects in the buildings. The materials these objects are made of can also be changed very easily with a few taps on a screen or clicks of a mouse. With all this in mind, where is building information technology going? Well, right now, it is going nowhere for a few reasons. People may take courses and tutorials in different programs, but in the end, it is still difficult to see errors. Most errors are able to blend in with the pieces that are in the correct place. The issue is that the computer isn’t aware. Computers are being given commands, they aren’t able to point out what is wrong because they don’t know. Another issue is that everyone working on a project using BIM must know what they are looking at and how to use the tools. Until these issues are resolved, BIM won’t be going into the future improved. (Azhar Salman, “Building Information Modeling (BIM): Benefits, Risks and …show more content…
The organization proposed a certification system in 1993 that was made public in 2000. This system is known as LEED. LEED stands for Leadership and Environmental Design. (“USGBC History” usgbc.org) LEED will certify construction projects, and developments through a system with four levels of certification; Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. These four levels are earned through nine categories of points. The nine categories are Interactive Process, Location and Transportation, Materials and Resources, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Sustainable Sites, Indoor Environment Quality, Innovation, and Regional Priority. Get enough points, and you will achieve one of the four levels of certifications. Even though LEED was created for the US, it is still recognized globally. It is proven to work efficiently, the system improves with new versions, and companies love it so much because it helps them save money, making LEED a great asset to the construction industry. (“LEED”
Sustainability relates to the ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life, which means developing ways to ensure that all resources on Earth are used and managed responsibly so they can be maintained for future generations.
The concept of sustainability is about the capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future. There are a number of programs to restore the river to maintain communities, fisheries and navigation, to ensure long-term sustainability.
Sustainability, as it pertains to the environment, seems like an idea that would appeal to everyone. The idea of conserving what we have, reusing what we can, and developing new ways to more efficiently use our planet’s limited recourses just seems like common sense to me. Unfortunately, our representatives in Washington D.C. have used environmentalism as a way to gain votes and divide the electorate. Responsible management of our planet has become as widely debated as gay marriage or religion in the schools. Like most social issues, sustainability has ardent supporters and determined critics.
What does the earth mean to the human race, what do we owe to the world? The food crisis in America is an even balance of 1 billion hungry and 1 billion obese. This means somewhere along the lines we something is going very wrong. We are being mislead and told that we are going green. Is America really going green? Or is it being fed propaganda to hide the true damage of the process of making are organic so-called natural products?
Sustainability to me is a way in which something is conserved in order for others to have an experience with it as well. The definition for sustainability in a dictionary is the ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely. I was raised respecting the environment around me and how to treat it correctly. I recently visited Memorial Park in Loma Mar, California. I love nature and being in it was great, but, there was something odd about my visit. As I approached a tree I have passed hundreds of times I saw and orange rope around it meaning to stay away from that tree. The tree seemed burned a bit and was surrounded by plastic bottles. The air was fresh but the only thing my nose picked up was of the burning coal on the grills. I felt cool air come past me and once again
Sustainability is a simple term with a fairly simple definition, a way of doing something that can be continued rather than having a finite limit. However, the much more difficult part is defining what things are actually meet the definition of sustainable. As a concept, we all understand it, but the great challenge is figuring out what it will look like in the real world and, perhaps even more difficult, putting the idea into
Building information modeling is a coordinated set of processes which is supported by technology for digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of places. It is a process that relies on information rich models to help owners and Architectural/Engineering/Construction (AEC) service providers to more efficiently plan, design, construct and manage building and infrastructure projects. Building information modeling is now becoming more popular and transforming the global AEC industry. The usage of BIM now is on high rise because it provides greater
Going Green can eliminate so much waste.Things that are tossed out that could still be used could save money for some and help the environment in other ways.That is why I agree totaly with Gatesburggogreen initiative.
Going green is important to a certian extent. Some people disagree on having strict rules about how we dispose of trash. And some people want strict rules that might help out the environment more than people do already. I believe that having a bit more rules on trash disposal and recycling is a good idea.
Going green means reducing the overall environmental impact of your business. This term "going green” involves a few objectives such as improving the efficiency and reducing the energy consumption of the business, using sustainable materials and eliminating waste, complying with environmental regulations and buying green products, equipment and services. Global warming, if unchecked will ruin our planet. I believe businesses choose to “go green” in order to become more environmentally sustainable for the good of the environment. This will have a positive outcome on a business in terms of better publicity, an increase in profits and better consumer satisfaction, productivity and retention. Today there are numerous environmental issues, such as fracking, emissions from industries and manufacturing activities, this is when manufacturing industries and power plants emit high levels of carbon monoxide, organic compounds, and chemicals into the air. The burning of fossil fuels, cars, trucks, trains and many other transportation options burn many fossil fuels as emissions from the engines contain both primary and secondary pollutants. The use of household and farming chemicals, such as Crop dusting, fumigating homes, household cleaning products or painting supplies all release harmful chemicals into the air and cause pollution. These activities may adversely affect the sustainability of our
I hear the word sustainability almost every day, what does it mean? Is it about people, our environment, or jobs and money? Sustainability is about all of these things and more. Sustainability could be defined as an ability or capacity to reduce the foot print, reuse resources of something without jeopardizing the quality of what you are trying to accomplish. We all have been at food establishment from fast food, take out to table cloth dining. And many times we scratch our head and wonder if they know what they are doing, from why is my food taking forever to I do not need to ask for my water to be refilled three times, and we all say to ourselves, I can run this place better than this.
Sustainability is a word that can be defined in many different ways, according to the world view of an individual. I personally define sustainability as a term that allows an individual or a population to use natural resources without degrading their ability to regenerate to provide for the future generation. The term itself is too problematic because it does justify the limit of consumption.
Every living being are directly or indirectly depend on natural environment. Sustainability helps to balance financial, social, and environmental factors to facilitate responsible business decision making over the immediate and long term. . Sustainability refers to meeting the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Oxford University press 1987, p.43). Sustainability is also being protective and aware of use of natural resources and development that meets the need of present and everything that is need for our survival and well being depends, directly or indirectly on our natural environment. According to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainability is
While this has been the generation where the ‘green movement’ has flourished [Birkland], the growth of industry as well as a lack of proper environmental education, has sparked an increase in wildlife-threatening pollution and litter. [Siegel]. The general population underestimates the effect that “just one bottle” thrown onto the side of the road will have on the planet and its inhabitants in the long run, favoring the convenience of littering over the well-being of the Earth as a whole. This problem is especially prominent in Kentucky where woods and other habitats for the plethora of wildlife essential to environmental success are rapidly disappearing or are being contaminated with human waste. Existing literature explains the problems and gives all of the details of events which contribute to this deterioration, but offer no solution and make no effort to inspire reform. It is often argued that all that is needed to fix this problem is the organization of a little clean-up effort, but the problem is so large and widespread that such an effort would require more manpower and funding than the state would be willing to contribute. In order for this problem to even begin to be alleviated, it and its detriments will need to be called to the attention of the general public so they might take the solution and prevention into their own hands.
Going green is something everyone should seriously consider. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. We are only visitors in this earth, yet we dare destroy it. If you look at the big picture we are killing the earth. We are constantly removing more and more of the nature and turning it into something unnatural. We are suffocating the earth by emitting a ridiculously large amount of unnecessary carbon