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Topics such as sustainable architecture, building biology and bio-building are nowadays of great interest and relevance. Designing and building on the basis of the principles of sustainability (sustainable architecture) means paying due attention to the theme of environmental resources, health-related issues, energy performance of buildings and control of technologies and construction processes.
These goals of sustainable architecture may be pursued at various different levels: urban planning, architecture or engineering, building construction and maintenance and choice and use of construction materials offering appropriate characteristics and performance.
Though a variety of different approaches to sustainable architecture design are possible, the most conscious trends emerging today are aimed above all at optimising the energy efficiency of buildings, decreasing exploitation of natural resources by making greater use of renewable, recyclable resources, and using eco-compatible building materials, products and components.
Iris Fmg was the first manufacturer of flooring materials made out of technical ceramics for sustainable architecture obtaining ANAB (Italy National Association for Sustainable Architecture), IBO (Austrian Sustainable Architecture Institute) and IBN (Neubeum Institute for Sustainable Architecture) certification.
It is largely a matter of rethinking design, construction processes and buildings in a way which controls and minimises their impact on our environment and our health. This approach to sustainable architecture design and sustainable architecture building requires assessment and analysis based on a building's entire life cycle with the aim of improving its environmental performance, taking into consideration processes which are normally neglected in architecture, from those linked with the production and installation of the materials used, use and maintenance of buildings and their demolition and/or deconstruction.
We may assess and control a process of selection of materials and techniques for construction and plants on the basis of the fundamental principles of sustainable architecture. Technological choices must be carefully assessed in relation to the impact and risks for the environment and for human health of their manufacturing process, use and final disposal.
On the official site you can find sustainable architecture projects realized with the innovative materials of Iris Fmg: sustainable architecture design house, office, school, college, bar, restaurant, hotel, church, bank, congress centre, airport, bus or train station, shop, shopping centre, shopping mall, car exhibition, museum, theatre, discotheque, healthcare centre, hospital. |
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