Sustainable and Green Design
In the past, designing was articulated based on time and budget considerations alone. Environmental concerns and sustainability questions were not as common. Today, however, builders are increasingly thinking of better ways to create sustainable, environmentally friendly areas for their clients.
Environmental Considerations
Utilizing sustainable, high performance building strategies, builders are increasingly incorporating sustainable environmental, or green design, elements into their projects. Green design elements such as low-flow bath fixtures, and exterior and interior lighting that reduces nighttime light pollution and building materials that meet specific environmental goals are increasingly used. Simple, sustainable elements are becoming more common, such as adding shower amenities to an office building, which allows individuals to bike to work and thereby reduce road congestion and air pollution.
Green Building Consultants
Green building consultants are becoming increasingly more popular as builders face increasingly more pressure from environmental agencies. They work directly with owners, developers, architects, engineers, and real-estate professionals to ensure energy and resource-efficient, environmentally progressive designs. Green building consultants ensure ecological and environmental concerns are met by using lighting and mechanical design resource-efficient construction, energy and water efficiency, and overall building design efficiency. Green designers pursue environmental excellence to produce fundamentally better buildings that are more appealing, efficient, and profitable for the owners.
Recyclable
Recycling has become a government run initiative to produce less waste by creating products out of materials that have been recycled and that can be recycled after use. Green building consultants and designers are increasingly using materials that can be recycled after use. For example, designers are increasingly incorporating recyclable carpets into projects. Recycled carpeting, made from soda bottles, lessens environmental concerns and reduces 1.8 million tons of waste from carpet disposal every year. By using recyclable products in a design, green designers can ensure sustainable and environmentally friendly designs.
Featured Interior Design Schools:
Brooks College - Long Beach, CA
Do you have a passion for design? A knack for space-planning? Consider honing those skills at Brooks College in Long Beach. Conveniently located near the Southern California hub of Los Angeles, the college will prepare you to enter this region's exciting and progressive interior design job market with internship and job placement services. The Brooks College design program is accredited by FIDER, so in as few as two years, you could be starting your new career.
Disclaimer:
Brooks College does not guarantee employment or salary.
The jobs mentioned are examples of certain potential jobs, not a representation that these outcomes are more probable than others. Brooks College does not guarantee employment or salary.
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 Harrington College of Design - Chicago, IL
Have you always wanted to know how to touch people's lives everyday through the glory of Interior Design? Share your unique talents with families and businesses alike by cultivating your skills in the Associate of Interior Design program at Harrington College of Design. Harrington College of Design's program helps students build a solid interior design foundation for their initial steps in becoming a qualified, licensed professional. Plus, the curriculum includes a general education component so that students graduate with a quality, well-rounded education.
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International Academy of Design and Technology - Tampa, FL
If you're creative but have ended up in a job where that creativity isn't being put to good use, consider expanding your education at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Tampa, FL. The academy offers exceptional interior design programs that will harness your artistic abilities and will help you to find a career when you graduate. Don't let your skills go to waste any longer.
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International Academy of Design and Technology - Orlando, FL
The International Academy of Design and Technology in Orlando prepares students for exciting, new careers in interior design. You'll learn design and layout specifications, furniture selection, color coordination, and more. IADT strives to produce graduates with a desire to enhance the function, quality, and safety of interior spaces.
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American InterContinental University - Los Angeles, CA
The American InterContinental University at Los Angeles prepares you for your interior design career in the most practical way possible-looking at today's trends and continually reevaluating what its graduates need to know in order to succeed. With professional interior designers teaching the courses, sophisticated computer technology, and graduates that are qualified to enter directly into the interior design field, AIU gives you the skills you'll need for tomorrow's jobs, today.
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American InterContinental University - Atlanta, GA
The American InterContinental University in Atlanta teaches the hands-on skills you'll need for a successful career in the exciting, creative field of interior design. The goal of AIU's interior design department is to prepare its students to practice as professional interior designers who are qualified by education, experience, and examination. With students from over 100 countries and small classes that allow for personal interaction, the American InterContinental University offers a unique learning experience that will prepare you for a successful career in interior design.
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International Academy of Design and Technology - Chicago, IL
The International Academy of Design and Technology in Chicago strives to turn students into professionals that are able to enhance the function and quality of interior spaces, thereby improving quality of life and protecting the safety and welfare of the public. With its exceptional program in interior design, the academy prepares its students for the workplace with hands-on, personal attention, and is always focused around your next career.
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International Academy of Design and Technology - Detroit, MI
Graduates of the International Academy of Design and Technology in Detroit become specialists in the relationship between people and spaces. The curriculum encourages students to experiment and to develop their own techniques and styles within the structure of the interior design industry standards. Students learn about visual communication, working with clients, perfecting the technical aspects of design, and, overall, environmental and global awareness.
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Westwood College - Multiple Locations
If you want to use your creative talents to design someone's home or office, Westwood College can fulfill your dream. At one of its numerous campuses across the Western United States, the college will rapidly train you in the latest skills and technologies you'll need to know to succeed in the interior design industry. Furthermore, you're always welcome to come back to Westwood College for retraining at no charge. It's a sound investment.
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