Sustainable Design and the Tourism Industry

Prepared by Industry Canada, June 2002

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• The Need for Design
• The Use of Experts in the Planning of the Facility
• Sustainable Design Frameworks
• Program Review
• Facility Siting and Site Development
• Building Energy Use
• Building Water Use
• Materials
• Material Selection for Construction: Introduction
• Energy
• Resources
• Health
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Strategies for management of construction and demolition waste
• Conclusions
• Appendix A: Embodied Energy of Construction Materials