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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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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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The holistic approach to environment, 2015 Biomimicry implies the creative implementation of biological concepts into products. This paper provides a broad overview of the field of biomimicry, and has described the conversion of physiological and organizational solutions from nature into products and services. Implementation and economic efficiency is shown through selected examples.
Tadić, Zoran +2 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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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NANO-BIOMIMICRY FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE [PDF]
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2019 Nanotechnology is one of the key technologies of the 21st century, which has a potentiality to offer sustainable solutions to contemporary architecture and lower building costs.
Dr. Wijdan Deyaa Abdul Jalil +1 more
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Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 The continuous increase in population and human migration to urban and coastal areas leads to the expansion of built environments over natural habitats.
Elena Stachew +2 more
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Functional Principles of Morphological and Anatomical Structures in Pinecones
Plants, 2020 In order to better understand the functions of plants, it is important to analyze the internal structure of plants with a complex structure, as well as to efficiently monitor the morphology of plants altered by their external environment. This anatomical
Haejin Bae, Jinhee Kim
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The water displacement and flotation are two of the most accurate and rapid methods for grading and assessing freshness of agricultural products based on density determination.
Supakorn Harnsoongnoen +1 more
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