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built environment
Also known as: built environments
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Actar Publishers actar.com 3 facts
referenceThe book 'PostDomestiCity: Re-thinking urban obsolescence' by Diego García-Setién, Enrique Espinosa, Begoña de Abajo, and Almudena Ribot (CoLaboratorio) explores alternative ways of reusing, reprogramming, and redensifying the built environment as alternatives to demolition.
measurementThe construction sector and the built environment are responsible for nearly 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.
claimGeoff Manaugh's book 'Landscape Futures' examines architectural inventions ranging from handheld to inhabitable scales to reveal overlooked dimensions of built and natural environments.
Advancing energy efficiency: innovative technologies and strategic ... oaepublish.com 3 facts
referenceThe factors influencing energy consumption patterns in the built environment are adapted from a study by Wang et al.
referenceArsecularatne, B. P., Rodrigo, N., and Chang, R. authored 'Review of reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions through digital twin in built environment', published in Journal of Building Engineering in 2024 (Volume 98, Article 111150).
claimA high Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in land use correlates with reduced cooling demand and energy savings in the built environment.
Environment Creates Foundation of Healthy Development developingchild.harvard.edu Mar 29, 2023 2 facts
claimRacism influences multiple dimensions of the natural and built environments that affect the foundations of child development and lifelong well-being.
referenceThe built and natural environments, along with the systemic factors that shape them, interact with a child's social environment in deeply interconnected ways to influence development and lifelong health.
Recent breakthroughs in the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass ... pubs.rsc.org Jun 7, 2025 1 fact
referenceDe Meester, Dewulf, Verbeke, Janssens, and Van Langenhove (2009) conducted an exergetic life-cycle assessment (ELCA) to evaluate resource consumption in the built environment, published in Building and Environment.
Practitioners' perceived risks to biodiversity from renewable energy ... nature.com Feb 27, 2025 1 fact
measurementThe expansion of the built environment in the United States is projected to convert 390,000 square kilometers of land to abiotic and impervious landscapes by 2050, an area roughly the size of Montana.
Environmental factors and mental health | Research Starters - EBSCO ebsco.com 1 fact
referenceLopez, Russ authored 'The Built Environment and Public Health', published by Jossey-Bass in 2012.