Author(s): Vincent van der Meulen

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE | NAI010

Is the world better off with your building? In 99.9% of cases the answer is “No”. Almost every building pollutes the air, water, and soil and damages biodiversity. What if we turned that around and focused on making a positive contribution?

If buildings purify, create biodiversity and generate more energy than we use, then we can perhaps heal the world with our buildings.  'Building with a Positive Footprint' offers an accessible explanation for the construction industry on how to build in a radically sustainable way and outlines why this is not yet happening.