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"An integrated building is a green building."
Integrated design is the overarching theme that governs energy, resources, and environmental quality decisions. [...] More than mainstream design, the integrated design process requires intense balance — and a path of priorities — to produce a successful green building. The process works because there is communication among team members, and because each team designer has a thorough understanding of each teammate ' s design challenges and responsibilities.
Because every design decision produces a cascade of multiple effects, rather than an isolated impact, successful integrated design requires a necessary understanding of the interrelationship of each material, system, and spatial element. [...] It requires all players to think holistically about the project rather than focus solely on an individual part." (Keeler, Marian, Burke,Bill, Fundamentals of Integrated Design for Sustainable Building, Wiley, 2009, pages 1-4)
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