Sustainability Glossary - University College of Estate Management

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A

Adaptation
Afforestation
Air Quality

B

Biodiversity
Biomass
Biophilic Design

C

Carbon Neutral
Circular Economy
Clean Energy
Climate Change
Climate justice
Climate refugee
Community Engagement
COP
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Critical Infrastructure
Cultural Heritage
Carbon Footprint

D

Decentralized Energy
Decentralized Water Systems
Deep Retrofit
Degradation
Disaster Resilience

E

Eco-anxiety
Ecological crisis
Ecosystem Services
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Electrification
Embodied Energy
Energy Efficiency
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Performance
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Ethical Investing
Extended Producer Responsibility
Externalities

F

Fair Trade
Fossil Fuels
Fracking

G

Green Building
Green Infrastructure
Greenhouse gases (GHG)
Greenwashing

H

Heat Island Effect
High-Performance Building
Holistic Design
Human Rights

I

Industrial Ecology
Integrated Design
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

L

Land Degradation
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Life Cycle Costing
Low-Carbon Economy
Low-Impact Development (LID)

M

Materiality Assessment
Mitigation
Mobility Management

N

Net Zero Energy Building
Non-Renewable Resources

O

Overconsumption

P

Paris Agreement
Passive Design
Pollution
Precycling
Public Transportation

R

Rainwater Harvesting
Recycling
Regenerative Design
Renewable Energy
Resilient Design
Responsible Consumption
Reuse

S

Smart Grid
Smart Growth
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Procurement

W

Waste Management
Water Efficiency

Z

Zero Waste