It focuses on green site-planning strategies and practices that specifically relate to assessing and selecting a site for uses such as office buildings and parks, institutional and research structures, retail businesses and industrial facilities. The purpose of sustainable site planning is to integrate design and construction strategies by modifying both site and building to achieve greater human...
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Green Buildings
Green Building is generally defined as a building, which utilizes less external energy and is capable of producing ample amount of energy for its intended use itself without causing harm to the environment. Green Building is called energy efficient building or eco-friendly building. These buildings...
Farms
A farm consists of land and buildings used in the production of crops and livestock. Farms are found in every state and nearly all are family-owned and operated. They typically consist of a farmstead, which includes a farmhouse and buildings used to shelter livestock and store crops, livestock feed, farming equipment and land used to grow crops or pasture to graze livestock. Farms today can include...
Playgrounds
Playgrounds are important elements of healthy neighbourhoods and communities. Successful playgrounds provide safe and challenging environments for children to learn about the world around them and about themselves.Types of PlaygroundsPlaygrounds fall into three primary categories: neighbourhood, school and regional. A neighbourhood playground serves a local community. School playgrounds are areas...
Conservation Area Planning
Conservation areas are important natural environments that are integrated with human recreation uses. They are important components of worldwide conservation planning. When planning for conservation areas, a variety of methods and tools to identify lands critical for ecosystem protection are used. Fundamental to this is an understanding of the ecological processes and functions that maintain the viability...
Comprehensive Plans
The comprehensive plan is the adopted official statement of a local government’s legislative body for future development and conservation. It sets forth goals such as analyse existing conditions and trends, describes and illustrates a vision for the physical, social and economic characteristics of the...
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