Author(s)

N. Maiellaro & A. Abrescia

Abstract

The Symposium on Engineering and Building for Sustainable Development clearly emphasized the hazards of relying too much upon the governments' actual ability to solve or keep in check environmental problems, and the dual responsibility of designers, who are now playing a basic role either by dealing with these problems personally or by collaborating with governments in the formulation of concrete action to promote sustainable development. In order to single out the design decisions that best contribute to achieve sustainability, the creation of a database in which to store all technical, economic and cultural solutions adopted by designers in different contexts could serve many useful purposes. In this framework the Internet plays a significant role, both as an inf

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