Sustainable architecture

is artistic;

is functionally effective;

is low-cost;

is low-tech and simple;

is equitable; allows architecture to be accessible to everybody, now and in the future, and not just today’s wealthy elite;

minimises resource use, and/or is materially durable or renewable;

minimises negative impacts on the environment;

is designed for low or zero energy consumption through its occupation;

is designed to be reused (adapted) or recycled as a whole or in part at the end of its (long) life.