2.  Sustainability of green buildings

3. Sustainable built environment

5.  Basic principles

• Sustainability explained through animation (2:00) http://youtu.be/B5NiTN0chj0
• What is Sustainability? (1:51) http://youtu.be/hHl09q5kk0k
  
• Sustainability is also about green building (6:18) http://youtu.be/vQk9lo2eUDg
• How high-density, high-rise Hong Kong uses green buildings to help fight climate change (2:23) https://youtu.be/rqMrzNdyh9A
  
• What does green building look like? (4:53) https://youtu.be/ESIHwiV8l6k
  
• Cappadocia, Turkey: Inside The Cave Dwellings. National Geographic (4:30) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM-i3wCaXyw
  

• Sustainable architecture -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_architecture
  
• Sustainable design -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_design
  
• Sustainable development -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
  
• Green building design strategies http://ibse.hk/GB_design_strategies.pdf
  
• Teaching Kit -- Sustainable Design for Buildings (Architectural Services Department) https://www.archsd.gov.hk/archsd/html/teachingkits/tk1/
  
• Examples of green building projects (videos):
  
• Design of new buildings:
• DCMC Green Building (Malaysia) (5:04) http://youtu.be/mHq-oI8UijQ
  
• Operation & maintenance of existing buildings:
  
• Taipei 101: Tallest green building (3:43) http://youtu.be/b7ShsogLZ7I
  
• Empire State Building: Leadership in American Progress in Sustainability (5:49) http://youtu.be/17i7Q5Dr3PA
  

• European Commission, Directorate General XVII for Energy, 1999. A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design, James & James, London. [720.47 G79 E]
• Henderson H., 2012. Becoming a Green Building Professional, Wiley, Hoboken. [720.47023 H496 b39]
  
• Keeler M. & Burke B., 2016. Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. [720.47 K26]
  
• Kibert C. J., 2016. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. [690.0286 K462 s96]

• Case Studies on Sustainable Buildings http://me.hku.hk/sbe/case_study/index/top.htm
  
• Web Links on Sustainable Buildings http://me.hku.hk/sbe/web_links/index.html
  
• References on Sustainable Buildings http://me.hku.hk/sbe/refs/index.html

• Sustainable Development in Hong Kong for the 21st Century https://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/p_study/comp_s/susdev/index_e.htm
  
• The Brundtland Report (Our Common Future) http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm
  
• What is Sustainable Development? http://www.iisd.org/sd/
  
• Human Population Update: What is Our Ecological Footprint on this Planet? http://www.21stcentech.com/human-population-update-carrying-capacity-planet-earth/
  
• Factor 4 http://www.gdrc.org/sustdev/concepts/12-f4.html
  
• Sustainable design https://claudiaportelli.weebly.com/blog/january-04th-2015
  
• The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability https://mcdonough.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Hannover-Principles-1992.pdf
  
• Principles of Sustainable Engineering https://www.e-education.psu.edu/eme807/node/688
  
• Green Construction - A Sustainability Toolbox https://www.gdrc.org/uem/green-const/toolbox/box-index.html
  
• How high-density, high-rise Hong Kong uses green buildings to help fight climate change (SCMP 13 Nov 2019) https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/building-our-green-future/article/3037555/how-high-density-high-rise