{"id":527666,"date":"2010-04-14T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirt.asla.org\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2010-04-14T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T20:19:28","slug":"new-design-standard-creates-metrics-for-social-economic-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/527666","title":{"rendered":"New Design Standard Creates Metrics for Social, Economic Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA\u00a0group of architects, designers, activists, and community leaders interested in “public interest design”\u00a0came together in\u00a02005 at Harvard University Graduate School of Design<\/a>\u00a0and conceived of\u00a0a set of principles and tools that would\u00a0feature a\u00a0greater focus on the social and economic facets of buildings and neighborhoods. Five years later,\u00a0a team has launched a\u00a0new standard called SEED (Social Economic Environmental Design)<\/a>. SEED\u00a0is designed to provide guidance, evaluation, and certification\u00a0on the social, economic, and environmental\u00a0aspects of\u00a0buildings and neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

According to Residential Architecture<\/a><\/em>, one of the key forces\u00a0behind SEED is Bryan Bell, AIA, founder and executive director of the non-profit Design Corps<\/a>. Bell\u00a0said:\u00a0”SEED is a guide, a combined wisdom that hopefully is transferrable. I don\u2019t think people have taken this rigorous of an approach before.”<\/p>\n

There’s a focus on\u00a0local\u00a0community participation\u00a0in the\u00a0standard. SEED’s Web site outlines this idea:\u00a0”SEED maintains the belief that design can play a vital role in the most critical issues that face communities and individuals, in crisis and in every day challenges. To accomplish this, the SEED\u00ae process guides professionals to work alongside locals who know their community and its needs. This practice of ‘trusting the local’ is increasingly recognized as a highly effective way to sustain the health and longevity of a place or a community as it develops.”<\/p>\n

SEED’s guiding principles include:<\/p>\n