Data-driven sustainable building design
Although awareness about environmental disasters grows and action increases, a shift towards truly sustainable buildings and cities requires practical guidelines that translate policies and scientific theory into feasible and effective regenerative design solutions. Regenerative designs are ecologically functional as they create a positive impact on the well-being of humans and biological ecosystems. They generate ecosystem services, such as fresh water, food, habitat, temperature regulation and nutrient cycling, on which human and other life depend. The aim of this Incubator is to create a pathway towards regenerative cities by uniting regenerative design strategies and linking them to one of the largest greenhouse gas emitter: the building construction industry. This team aims to combine ecological knowledge and computational science/technology, and develop a decision-support system that can quickly inform decision-makers in the building industry about innovative regenerative design strategies and the ecological benefits.
