**5. Sustainable design**

In comparison to any human endeavor, the built environment had adverse and long lasting impacts on the environment. Approximately 10% of the global economy is earmarked for construction activities as it consumes 50% of global resources. On an average, buildings account for:


Effective approaches for life cycle design and management of construction that will ensure their sustainability as regards improved physical performance, cost effectiveness and environmental compatibility is to be developed to address the challenges. This should achieve an optimal balance between the following criteria namely:


*Risk Mitigation: Sustainable Management in Construction Industry DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.100215*

**Figure 4.** *Major aspects of sustainability.*

Design professionals may be aware of the first two criteria but the last criteria has impact on the way the design is thought of. Sustainable design means developing products with improved performance in all phases of the product life cycle. Sustainable design has to consider three major aspects of sustainability, i.e., Social, Economic and Environmental. The relationship is depicted in **Figure 4**.

Consideration for design of sustainable building:

