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Architecture that sustains itself without any external inputs

A building: an ecosystem in itself Ideally speaking, a completely sustainable building would generate its own power to manage its functions to the nth degree. It would be able to recycle its own waste to use it in another function. Thus the building becomes a continually running cycle in itself which requires no external input and neither does it discharge ‘waste products’. Achieving sustainability in the truest sense, should be the ultimate aim for each and every architect of the 21st century. Its a difficult though not impossible task to achieve. The first humble step towards achieving sustainability is energy efficiency. Although similar sounding, there is definite difference between the two terms.