It's important to understand that there are various framings/articulations of the engineering design process.
Sustainable design seeks to create communities, buildings, and products that contribute to this vision.
Energy Efficient Building Design involves constructing or upgrading buildings that are able to get the most work out of the energy that is supplied to them by taking steps to reduce energy loss such as decreasing the loss of heat through the building
A building code provides rules and standards for the design, construction, alteration, materials, maintenance, and performance of buildings.
