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2Sustainability is based on a simple principle: everything needed for survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and environmental requirements of present and future generations.
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What Is Sustainability? 3 Managing operating costs and capacity, reducing environmental risks and liability, and ensuring customer and employee satisfaction, while demonstrating a commitment to the health and vitality of their communities, is the new order of business.
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4 Guidebook for Incorporating Sustainability into traditional airport projects requisitioned, the low cost supplier frequently wins the contract. Throughout the facility design and construction, decisions are made based on the goals of the project team, usually total cost and time to completion.
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What Is Sustainability? 5 Calculation Method.
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6 Guidebook for Incorporating Sustainability into traditional airport projects 1.2.3 Double Glazed Windows Versus Traditional Double glazing, or insulated glazing, refers to double glass window panes separated by trapped air. The benefits of double glazing include improved energy efficiency and reduced energy costs due to reduced heat loss in the winter and reduced cool air loss in the summer; controlled condensation; and reduced noise transmission.
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What Is Sustainability? 7 tion between the outside and inside results in greatly reduced condensation and warmer, drier interior space.
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8 Guidebook for Incorporating Sustainability into traditional airport projects In addition to cost savings, recycling saves energy that would be used to extract resources or create products from virgin materials. Recycling also creates more jobs than traditional trash disposal services.
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What Is Sustainability? 9 outdoor nonagricultural water use through more efficient products, equipment, and programs.
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10 Guidebook for Incorporating Sustainability into traditional airport projects Key Points • Buying cleaners in concentrates with appropriate handling safeguards, and reusable, reduced, or recyclable packaging, reduces packaging waste and transportation energy. • Buying less hazardous cleaners may reduce costs when it comes time to properly dispose of any leftover cleaners.
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What Is Sustainability? 11 building that has been sustainably designed/constructed or they can be the result of a program or event that has led to their improved quality of life, health, or well-being.
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