Sustainable Thinking

Provides a framework for thinking about design that minimizes environmental degradation. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Outlines principles for the aesthetics of sustainable design, arguing that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they're made. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Provides over 1500 definitions and explanations of terms related to sustainable design and construction. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

This pattern book offers design principles and solutions for sustainable design and construction, addressing the design process, issues of human comfort and wellbeing, site planning and analysis, materials and finishes, furnishings and equipment, lifecycle analysis, and more. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Explores the flow of materials through the entire life cycle of a building, from construction through occupation, cycles of renovation and repairs, and demolition and disposal. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Provides a framework for incorporating regenerative design principles into your current process, backed by numerous examples that guide practical application while illustrating regenerative design and development in action. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Sounds a call for designers and planners to go beyond traditional concepts of sustainability toward innovative new design that fosters regeneration and resilience, and advocates design practice grounded in ecology and democracy and informed by critical regionalism and reflection. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Presents a framework for integrating multiple approaches to sustainable design, including cradle-to-cradle design, biomimicry, designing for sustainable behavior, and more. Full text available for free through the publisher (open access).

This multi-disciplinary book examines the typical approach to building in the American Southwest, which scrapes the desert to create environments that require large amounts of energy and water, and provides tools for more sustainable building. Full text available for free from the publisher (open access).

Examines many facets of the connections between natural and built environments, including biomimicry, sustainable design and construction, urban green spaces, and much more

Going beyond the “cradle to grave” mindset, McDonough insists that we consider the “cradle to cradle” lifecycle: how a product is created, used, and then recycled into something new

This film tells the story of the “cradle to cradle” movement and showcases businesses that have adopted its principles

Addresses sustainability throughout the design process, from conversations with clients to selecting materials and specifying construction methods

Provides strategies for incorporating sustainable design practices into every step of the design process