A Bibliometric Evaluation of the Use of Biomimicry as a Nature-Compatible Design Approach in Landscape Architecture Within the Context of Sustainability and Ecology [PDF]
BiomimeticsBackground: The growing environmental crisis, driven by population increases and rapid urban development, has amplified the need for sustainable and ecological design approaches. Biomimicry, drawing inspiration from nature’s forms, processes, and systems,
Rayan Ali, Deryanur Dinçer
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A Comparative Analysis of Sustainable Design Tools for Product Redesign Within a Business Context [PDF]
BiomimeticsIn recent years, corporate perceptions of environmental sustainability have shifted from viewing it as a compliance burden to recognizing it as a strategic driver of innovation and competitive advantage, prompting a demand for effective sustainable ...
Sarah McInerney, Peter H. Niewiarowski
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Intercultural and Active Classroom for Teaching and Learning Biomimicry: A Case Study with Singaporean and American Undergraduate Engineering Students [PDF]
BiomimeticsBiomimicry is an engineering field where inspiration from nature is leveraged to engineer sustainable solutions. Biomimicry is not a subject typically taught in undergraduate curriculum.
Aminul Islam +3 more
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The Push and Pull of Biomimicry in Construction: Identifying Key Drivers for Sustainable Transformation [PDF]
BiomimeticsThe global construction industry is a primary driver of environmental degradation, resource depletion, and carbon emissions, necessitating an urgent transition toward sustainable practices.
Olusegun Aanuoluwapo Oguntona
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A Design Process Framework and Tools for Teaching and Practicing Biomimicry [PDF]
BiomimeticsFew design methods exist that provide clearly structured, visually intuitive, and easily monitored scaffolding for navigating the considerable complexity of biomimetic processes. To this end, we present a holistic biomimicry process framework informed by
Benjamin Linder, Jean Huang
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Mapping biomimicry research to sustainable development goals [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study systematically evaluates biomimicry research within the context of sustainable development goals (SDGs) to discern the interdisciplinary interplay between biomimicry and SDGs.
Raghu Raman +3 more
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Opinion: Applications of and Barriers to the Use of Biomimicry towards a Sustainable Architectural, Engineering and Construction Industry Based on Interviews from Experts and Practitioners in the Field [PDF]
BiomimeticsBiomimicry creates designs inspired by nature and uses ecological benchmarks to assess their sustainability. It is believed that biomimicry can help society produce and consume in more sustainable ways, as well as address some of the key challenges ...
Rory V. Jones +3 more
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A Systematic Design Technique of Biomimicry to Correlate and Integrate Architecture and Biology to Attain Green Buildings [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2023 Nature embraces enormous resources for biomimicry yet faces many challenges, including embodying and simulating environmental systems and processes into technical systems within the built environment.
Abdullah Mohammed
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Ecology and Society, 2023 Threats to water security are on the rise globally. In the Great Lakes, major threats arise from watershed land-use practices promoting chemical and nutrient pollution.
Kelly E. Siman, Peter H. Niewiarowski
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Biomimicry and the Built Environment, Learning from Nature’s Solutions
Applied Sciences, 2021 The growing interest in biomimicry in built environments highlights the awareness raised among designers on the potentials nature offers to human and system function improvements.
Elmira Jamei, Zora Vrcelj
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