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Green design in the hot humid tropical zone (pdf 23kb)

This paper addresses the issue of how we can design for a sustainable future. The paper focuses on an ecological approach to business and design, as a means to environmental integration. The report refers to this as green design.

The paper also explores human interaction with the environment and suggests new ways of building an ecologically responsive environment.

 

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