Abstract

Knowledge of green buildings and environmental worldview among interior design students

Highlights

  • The concept of green buildings is one of the main features of sustainable urbanism

  • Sustainability as a concept has become one of the most successful approaches to be introduced. As these harmful processes have largely emerged as a result of increasing urbanisation, sustainable urbanism has emerged as a new discourse within the framework of sustainability, with its roots in the late 1950s (Oktay, 2012)

  • It is imperative that professionals in fields like architecture and interior architecture are aware of the significance and have adequate knowledge of ecological design and construction

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Introduction

The concept of green buildings is one of the main features of sustainable urbanism. sustainability oriented lifestyles have the potential to create a sustainable society, and have recently been understood to be a significant driving force behind sustainable development. Younger generations are the professionals and decision makers of the future Both as individuals living in the 21st century which has witnessed many environmental catastrophes and as future professionals with a direct impact on the environment via architectural planning and design, it is crucial for interior architecture undergraduate students to acquire sufficient knowledge and perception with regard to sustainability, ecological design and construction in particular. Within this framework, a survey was conducted among 100 participants who were randomly selected undergraduate students in Nicosia. The concept of green buildings has become a key focus area within the sustainable urbanism discourse

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