Abstract
The term "sustainable built environment" encompasses a wide range of topics, including material manufacture, building design and engineering, indoor environmental quality, community cohesiveness, and urban planning, as well as various dimensions (environment, society, and economy). Buildings that range in size from an individual building site to an area with multiple buildings and open space are referred to as being part of the built environment from a spatial perspective. These buildings are also characterized by intense socioeconomic interaction between users, associated facilities, and urban support services.
Energy efficiency, for instance, is crucial at the building level since buildings account for a sizeable portion of overall energy use and have a high potential for energy savings. To achieve a green and efficient built environment, integration of renewable energy systems, such as photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, will be especially important at this level.
The integration of renewable energy systems, BIPV, zero-energy buildings, vertical farming, adaptable building skins, affordable housing, integrating open public spaces and landscapes, time of life built environments, etc. are other concepts and ideas that are connected to a sustainable built environment. The mechanisms and actions require careful, concurrent consideration of numerous aspects and intricate processes related to the built environment and its users, including undeniable balancing between environmental, economic, social, and cultural sustainability, while enabling suitable connectivity and harmonization between micro, meso, and macro urban levels.
The following Sustainable Development Goals in Urban Planning and Processes for a Sustainable Development will be explained in this article.
Affordable and clean energy
Net zero carbon and circular economy