subject: Why Sustainability Is Becoming a Consideration For Autocad Users [print this page] Why Sustainability Is Becoming a Consideration For Autocad Users
At the forefront of engineering and design is sustainable design. In the 21st century, engineers and designers have a number of problems to tackle and consider when creating designs, such as clean and green technology, which will make our world more sustainable.
In a world of finite resources, it has become a duty of the designer and Autocad user to formulate better design decisions, based on environmental knowledge and design practices. It will not only help to improve the output, but decrease the impact of our depletion of resources upon our environment and lifestyle.
To create longer lasting and environmentally friendly designs, a designer has to have the knowledge of sustainable design to inform his design decisions. He or she may for instance need to consider a number of elements before they complete a design, including:
Energy Efficiency:- This is one of the major considerations when it comes to sustainability. The designer to create a sustainable design must meet minimum energy, water and land efficiency goals or exceed them by creating carbon neutral building, use natural ventilation methods and the use of far more natural energy and heat production methods (i.e. solar gain, wind power, solar energy).
Retrofitting: -This is working with the building to create a design that may not alter just the looks but the decrease the environmental impact of the building, and in turn increase the value of a building.
Environmental impact: - By following the guidelines for habitat protection, conservation and biodiversity, designers can make informed decisions on how to avoid their designs having a huge environmental impact on wildlife. Furthermore, understanding environmental impact can help designers make decisions on how they can create designs that protect local water sources and the quality of them.
Designers also have to consider other environmental issues within their practice, such as recycling and reducing the impact of shipping and the use of paper, which can be done by using environmentally friendly transport, using email as the source of contact and as a way to transport project information.
So how is Autocad helping with sustainable design? Well, those geniuses down in the lab have created tools to help create sustainable designs, including tools to examine weather conditions, to realistically show the design in its environment, to incorporate GIS data that will help you avoid key protected areas, such as wetlands and identify options for renewable energy. To have access to these tools, you need to have a subscription to the software and have a paid for copy of Autocad. Autocad can help your create the designs for the future a more sustainable future.
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