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N2 - Sustainable design faces challenges at a scale and level of complexity that are ill at ease with design’s mainstream focus on products and users. Recently, social practice theory has been suggested as a promising theoretical framework to inform new ways of designing. In social practice theory, practices – socially shared entities such as cleaning, cooking and playing - are taken as the fundamental unit of analysis. So far, however, design research in this area has been scattered and varying strongly in its interpretations of the implications of a ‘practice-orientation’. This thesis explores these implications through a series of empirical projects on the topics of bathing and staying warm at home and introduces a coherent practice-oriented approach to sustainable design.

AB - Sustainable design faces challenges at a scale and level of complexity that are ill at ease with design’s mainstream focus on products and users. Recently, social practice theory has been suggested as a promising theoretical framework to inform new ways of designing. In social practice theory, practices – socially shared entities such as cleaning, cooking and playing - are taken as the fundamental unit of analysis. So far, however, design research in this area has been scattered and varying strongly in its interpretations of the implications of a ‘practice-orientation’. This thesis explores these implications through a series of empirical projects on the topics of bathing and staying warm at home and introduces a coherent practice-oriented approach to sustainable design.

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Sustainable design for users: a literature review and bibliometric analysis

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Due to the environmental impact associated with the products’ use, sustainable design has extended consideration of products’ production to consumption. This study puts forward the concept of sustainable design for users (SDfUs). Using related keywords of sustainable design and user-centered design, we identify a total of 447 usable articles published during 1992–2019 from Scopus. Results of bibliometric analysis show that the number of SDfUs articles has generally continuously increased since 2007. The most productive scholars are from the USA, the UK, and China, while the top three organizations are Loughborough University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Delft University of Technology. Different focuses of SDfUs appear among developed and developing countries. Green building design has emerged as one key area that uses the concept of SDfUs in developed countries such as the USA and the UK. SDfUs studies in developing countries such as China focus on design for end-of-life products’ treatment and disposal. Most SDfUs studies examine how design can contribute to environmental performance through emission reduction and energy saving during products’ use, and articles in one of five clusters from co-word analysis explore users’ behaviors for sustainable design in the textile industry. This paper is the first study that systematically reviews the literature on SDfUs. It provides valuable insights for scholars in the SDfUs-related fields to identify their research directions and partners. Results on clusters from network analysis also offer practical implications for enterprises to learn from the construction and textile industries.

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Thesis Topics for Architecture :20 topics related to Sustainable Architecture

Sustainable architecture is the architecture that minimizes the negative environmental impact of buildings. It aims at solving the problems of society and the ecosystem. It uses a selective approach towards energy and the design of the built environment. Most often sustainability is being limited to the efficient water heater or using high-end technologies. It is more than that. It is sometimes about creating awareness among people and communities about how we can coexist in the natural environment. Sustainable architecture is a means to enter the context in a natural way, planning and deciding the materials before the construction that have very few negative effects on the environment. Here are 20 Thesis topics for architecture related to Sustainable Architecture:

1. Urban Park | Thesis Topics for Architecture

To make a city livable and sustainable, urban parks play a key role to provide a healthy lifestyle for the residents of the city. It provides transformative spaces for the congregation and community development . Public parks are very crucial within the cities because they are often the only major greenery source for the area.

2. Neighborhood Development

There is always a challenge to implement sustainable development at a very local level. Thus, urban sprawl, environmental degradation, and traffic congestion have made it necessary to look at problems at the basic level. In cities, there is an extra opportunity to develop a sustainable neighborhood that incorporates energy-efficient buildings, green materials, and social infrastructures.

3. Community Garden Design | Thesis Topics for Architecture

Community gardens are the latest trend for sustainable living in urban areas due to rising health issues in the cities. It helps promote farming as an activity where locals can also get involved in the activities and encourage them to use gardens as recreational spaces. The gardens assist in the sustainable development of urban areas.

4. Waste Recycling Center

Waste recycling centers can be one of the great thesis topics for architecture since waste recycling is always seen as a burden on the city. But it can be converted into an opportunity by incorporating its function and value into the urban fabric . Waste to energy plants or waste recycling centers can be integrated with public functions that engage communities.

5. Restoration of Heritage/Old Building

Building restoration is the process of correctly exposing the state of a historical building, as it was in the past with respecting its heritage value. India has many heritage buildings including forts, temples , buildings which are in deteriorated conditions and need to be restored. Thus, it helps to protect our heritage of the past.

6. Rehabilitation Housing | Thesis Topics for Architecture

Rehabilitation housing is temporary housing made to accommodate people who vacate the colonies that are required to redevelop. Rehabilitation housing also accommodates peoples who get affected by natural calamity and are displaced due to that.

7. Riverfront Development

The development of a riverfront improves the quality of built and unbuilt spaces while maintaining a river-city relationship. It provides an identity to the stretch of the land which can include the addition of cultural and recreational activities. Various public activities and spaces are incorporated to develop the life and ambiance on the riverfront which leads to the environment and economic sustainability.

8. SMART Village | Thesis Topics for Architecture

SMART village is a modern initiative to develop rural villages and provide them with basic amenities, education, health, clean drinking water, sanitation, and environmental sustainability. It aims to strengthen rural communities with new technologies and energy access.

9. Net-Zero Energy Building

A lot of energy goes into the building sector which can be reduced by incorporating energy-efficient techniques and innovations. The Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) produces as much energy as it consumes over the year, and sometimes more. NZEB can be applied to various typologies such as industrial, commercial, and residential. Due to emerging concerns over climate change, these buildings are a new trend nowadays.

10. Bermed Structure

The bermed structure is a structure that is built above ground or partially below the ground, with earth covering at least one wall. In extreme climatic conditions, a bermed structure protects from both heat and cold. The structure can be any typology be it residence, museum, or exhibition hall. These types of buildings are very energy efficient but extra care is needed to be given to waterproofing.

11. Regenerative Design

Regenerative design is active participation in engaging in the natural environment. It focuses on reducing the environmental impacts of a building on the natural surroundings through conservation and performance. While green building improves energy efficiency, the regenerative building improves the ecosystem as it will support habitats for living organisms.

12. Urban Agriculture Centre

Urban agriculture centers accommodate the space for cultivating, processing, and distribution of food in any urban area. The center helps to improve the quality of life and provides them healthy options to eat. Fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat products through the center improves food safety. The center can also be made a learning hub for people to collaborate and share their knowledge of sustainable food production. It can create awareness and improve the eating habits of people.

13. Revitalizing Abandoned Mill or Industry

Mills and industries are an important aspect of developing an urban area. They invoke the image of industrial development, invention, and success in their times. Thus, by revitalizing the abandoned mill, one can preserve the city’s old fabric.

14. Eco-Tourism Center

Eco-tourism center caters to the need to maintain the ecosystem with least intervention on the life of plants and wildlife. It also provides responsible travel to the people to the natural areas. The center also consists of research laboratories, data analysis and conducts studies to spread awareness among the locals about the ecosystems.

15. The Revival of a Heritage Building

Revival is a process of improvement in the condition and fortunes of the building, without losing its traditional spirit. When we talk about sustainability, Heritage revival is not paid any proper attention. On the other hand, it has a great opportunity to improve our rich culture’s heritage. It can provide positive impacts on the well-being of society as well as economic development.

16.Adaptive Reuse of a Building

Adaptive reuse is a process of retrofitting old structures for new users but retaining their earlier integrity to meet the new needs of the occupants. Thus, the best thing or feel about the building is preserved and developed in a modified way. It gives a new life to the building and removes the need to demolish the structure.

17. Redevelopment of Slum

Redevelopment of the slum is done to improve the urban sprawl created by the slums and no new land is available for the new construction. In current scenarios in many cities, urban slums are a major concern due to unhygienic and unstable living conditions. The redevelopment aims to give priority to health, livelihood, sanitation, and infrastructure without removing people from the site.

18. Vertical Farm | Thesis Topics for Architecture

A vertical farm is a structure/space in a greenhouse or a field where food production takes place on vertically inclined planes. It often includes agriculture that optimizes plant growth, and soilless techniques like aquaponics, hydroponics, etc. The farming systems can be made on buildings, ship containers, or mine shafts.

19. Wetland Restoration

A degraded wetland is restored which has been destroyed earlier on the land it has been at or still is. Restoration practices include re-establishment and rehabilitation. Wetland restoration is important to maintain ecology, wildlife habitat, and they contribute to economic well-being also.

20. Eco-Mosque | Thesis Topics for Architecture

Eco-mosque is an environmentally friendly and zero energy mosque with the perception towards modernity with sustainability. The Mosque is the epicenter of the community and an important learning place to amplify the environmental stewardship responsibilities. The Eco Mosque is a one-of-a-kind structure designed completely on green technology, being sustainable & with the minimum carbon footprint.

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Brown, Robert Stephen. "Sustainable design and construction strategies for research building typologies." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000850.

De, Eyto Adam. "Sustainable design education : learning strategies for multidisciplinary education of undergraduates and professionals." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2010. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/15097/.

Sharif, Ahlam Ammar Abdellatif. "Sustainable architectural design between inscription and de-scription : the case of Masdar City." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/sustainable-architectural-design-between-inscription-and-description-the-case-of-masdar-city(a7e35e00-6834-46aa-976c-607a82d51f36).html.

Albarhami, Bahaa Abdulhur Hatem. "Re-evaluation of the energy conservation design strategies for sustainable building mandates." Thesis, California State University, Fullerton, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10244527.

Energy is used in buildings, industries, and transportation and has effects on people’s lives. These effects are nationwide, worldwide, and varied. The effects comprise the economy of nations, such as the United States’ dependence on foreign oil. Also, human health and environment can be effected by building energy use. On a larger scale, carbon emissions, which are directly tied to building energy use, affect the planet.

According to the Energy Information Administration report, commercial buildings consume 40 % of the total energy in the United States. Sustainable building mandates stipulate efficient and alternative uses for the limited supply of energy, but calculations for verification and validation must be achieved in order to maintain accountability and to ensure successful energy conservation strategies over time. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification program that is used as a benchmark for sustainable building design. A building must satisfy the minimum number of design requirements identified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to be awarded a LEED Green Building certification. There are no future changes on certification, but there is an opportunity to recheck how a sustainable building performs during the post-occupancy operation.

According to the energy consumption data from Student Housing Energy Bill, this research will compare the predicted to actual performance for buildings that meet the LEED platinum mandate. The result of this comparison can be useful in improving the measurement process for expecting building energy consumption and developing support methodologies to help improve post-occupancy building performance.

Kurata, Masahiro. "Strategies for rapid seismic hazard mitigation in sustainable infrastructure systems." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31770.

Lindbäck, Isabelle. "Planning for Sustainability : Are sustainable neighbourhoods creating sustainable lifestyles?" Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298537.

O'Keefe, Zachary Scott. "Infusion: catalyzing progressive design strategies in the Knobtown District." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13688.

Vasseur, Coronado Maria Francisca. "Strategies to design a new generation of biofertilisers for a more sustainable agriculture." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/305429.

Martell, Natalie. "Productive ground : 21st century design strategies for Fairmont Park." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15781.

Almeida, Dulce Moreno Marques de. "Pedestrian streets for sustainable cities : highlight on design strategies to control hot summer conditions outdoors." Thesis, Open University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489039.

Shah, Tanvi. "Responsible Retreat: Passive and Renewable Design Strategies for Micro Cabins in Rural Romania." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522320762126498.

Ghode, Mayura. "Guidelines and Principles for Sustainable Land Use Planning: A Study of Low-Impact Development Strategies for Grailville, Ohio." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1194898019.

Fazlic, Sabina. "Design strategies for environmentally sustainable residential tall buildings in the cool temperate climates of Europe and North America." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/56517/.

De, La Grandiere Mark Derek. "Optimizing Green Supply Chain Management Strategies." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7864.

Rodriguez-Anderson, Santiago Martin. "Sensible Air to Air Heat Recovery Strategies in a Passive House." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2123.

Franceschini, Paula Brumer. "Design para o comportamento sustentável : proposta do EcoSticker para edificações escolares." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/184880.

Emas, Rachel. "Successes and Shortcomings in the Implementation of National Sustainable Development Strategies: From the Greening of Governance to the Governance of Greening." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2197.

Rong, Hu. "Compact Living as a Lifestyle : Scenario-based Interior Design for Chinese Urban Tenants." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för design (DE), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89108.

Al-Mosawi, Aqeel Qusay [Verfasser], Christa [Akademischer Betreuer] Reicher, and Dietwald [Gutachter] Gruehn. "Towards sustainable urban design strategies for historic city centres in Iraq : Development of an assessment approach for urban regeneration projects / Aqeel Qusay Al-Mosawi ; Gutachter: Dietwald Gruehn ; Betreuer: Christa Reicher." Dortmund : Universitätsbibliothek Dortmund, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1141379791/34.

Rota, Luca, Yanjun Zhou, and Svenja Paege. "Sustainable Product-Service System Design from a strategic sustainable development perspective." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18515.

França, César Levy. "Business Model Design for Strategic Sustainable Development." Doctoral thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-13674.

Evans, Reed, Ricardo García Guerra, Myriam Schaefer, and Isabella Wagner. "The Green Light towards Sustainability : Embedding Sustainability into a Branded Design Company." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2398.

Cretney, Alison, Steven Cretney, and Tracy Meisterheim. "Integrating Participatory Processes in Planning for Strategic Sustainable Development." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4223.

Davis, Kara, Pinar Öncel, and Qingqing Yang. "An Innovation Approach for Sustainable Product and Product-Service System Development." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2023.

Ohlander, Lisa, Miranda Willems, Paul Leistra, and Simon Damstra. "Biomimicry Toolbox, a strategic tool for generating sustainable solutions?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16436.

Tcacencu, Sanda. "Social Sustainability in a Local Context." Thesis, KTH, Samhällsplanering och miljö, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239879.

Le, Roux Leonie. "The development of an instructional design model as a strategic enabler for sustainable competitive advantage." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1483.

Bueno, Aline Callegaro de Paula. "Uma coalizão de design para a transformação social : propondo diálogos estratégicos entre ecossistemas criativos." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2018. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/7135.

Ada, Ketchie, Nehe Meret, and Shapira Hila. "For the Creative Problem-Solver : An Integrated Process of Design Thinking and Strategic Sustainable Development." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4208.

Patel, Jaitra. "Balance It! : Designing a game-based learning tool for strategic sustainable development." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-422718.

Haltrich, Natalie, Ella Lawton, and Geoffrey Stack. "An Introduction to Needs Based Design." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2896.

Ehn, Kajsa, and Emelie Wiklund. "Think slow, it lasts longer : A qualitative study on how slow fashion can contribute to strategic sustainable development." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185154.

Haltrich, Natalie, Ella Lawton, and Geoffrey Stack. "Co-Creating Community with a Needs Based Design Approach to Urban Design and Planning." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2897.

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Watz, Matilda. "Utilizing requirements to support sustainable product development : Introductory approaches for strategic sustainability integration." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-18807.

Hendry, Daniel, Lawrence Silcox, and Nobuko Yokoyama. "Communicating Sustainability through Design within Retail Environments." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2178.

Cuginotti, Augusto, Karen Marie Miller, and Freek van der Pluijm. "Design and Decision Making : Backcasting using principles to implement cradle-to-cradle." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3501.

Villamil, Velasquez Denny Carolina. "Integration of Sustainability Aspects in Product Portfolio." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19037.

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Dahl, Rebecca, Larysa Metanchuk, and Steve Marshall. "Engaging Action : A Systemic Approach to Communication Design of Social Marketing Campaigns for Behaviour Adoption." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4206.

Mukaze, Sabine, and Denny Carolina Villamil Velásquez. "Product Service System : Co-Designing for Social Impact." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2446.

Farias, Francisco. "Contemporary Strategies for Sustainable Design." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/149379.

Chen, Chi-Shan, and 陳麒善. "Design applications for sustainable construction in environmental strategies." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/z3fdgj.

Zhang, Yi. "Sustainable design : strategies for favouring attachment between users and objects." Thesis, 2008. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/976286/1/MR63226.pdf.

Huang, Tai-Yuan, and 黃泰源. "Modular sustainable building design strategies applies to urban environmental improvement." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29pkge.

Putra, David Kharisma, and 雷大偉. "Design Strategies for Sustainable High-Rise Residential and Office Buildings." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3pu459.

Fanti, Dennis. "Instrumental Landscapes: Sustainable Strategies for Wetland Development." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5370.

Su, Jie. "Elements of Sustainable Urbanism and Strategies for Landscape Development: Design of Green City." 2012. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/751.

Alawadi, Khaled Abdulrahman. "Rethinking Dubai’s urbanism : generating sustainable form-based urban design strategies for an integrated neighborhood." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4814.

Srinivasan, Arvind. "Thermal Performance of Passive Radiative Cooling Strategies on Building Envelopes." Thesis, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-se2f-q413.

Weishan, Chen, and 陳瑋珊. "The sustainable “cultural Love River” planning-A study on Regeneration Strategies of Post-industrial Urban Waterfront design." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26610497002784116149.

Van, der Linde Hendrik N. "Investigating sustainable environmental design strategies into the architectural curriculum : a case study of the Tshwane University of Technology." 2013. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001375.