How can we be more sustainable in our design practices? How do you sell in sustainable solutions with clients? What are the obstacles that you encounter? Share your ideas and strategies with the Compostmodern/Living Principles community.

The path to more sustainable design is through “relevant” sustainable design. We have become a tack-on technology society, oftentimes employing sustainable design practice with little real gain other than feel good. The path to relevant sustainable design begins with architectural form emerging from a site’s environmental vectors, sense of place and use. With this approach, appropriate sustainable technology and eco-practices can be incorporated as one with the building envelope – harvesting, conserving and generating energy in a substantive way. This is beneficial to the client, the public and the planet.

Bill Caplan
ShortList_0 Design Group LLC
http://www.shortlist0.com