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More About Education in Environmental / Ecological Design
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WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN?
Environmental /Ecological Design deals with development of structures and communities that are ecologically sustainable, environmentally safe and aesthetically in harmony with the surrounding site, region and climate. The core concepts are closely related to sustainable development, which is defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations, including everything from the planning, designing and building stages to the interior and exterior of completed structures.
The demand for graduates of Environmental Architecture and Design is growing as the pressure for development increases and environmental problems become more significant. Environmental Architects and Design professionals make careers through projects such as the design and creation of new towns, the reuse of existing buildings, interior design, environmental graphics, architectural design, and theme park design.
WHAT ARE THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS?
Environmental / Ecological Design students develop skills to address the problems of development in the natural environment, including concepts and methods of civil engineering, building, architecture, environmental sciences, economics, and policy analysis. Natural, legal, economic and cultural factors are also considered, as students learn to apply the strategies of conservation, regeneration, and stewardship to produce sustainable buildings, landscapes, communities, cities and technologies. Specific courses we've seen include:
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Great Resources
on Environmental / Ecological Design
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- Energy in Buildings
- Renewable Building Technology
- Sustainable Development
- Energy Management
- Transport and Air Quality
- Resource and Waste Management
- Computer Modelling
- Construction Management and the Environment
- Urban Design
- Environmental Modeling
- Materials and Color
- Materials and Construction
- Environmental Visual Communication
- Healthful Interior Environments
CAREERS AND SALARY OUTLOOK
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports
several categories which encompasses graduates from Environmental
Architecture and Design Programs, including architects, landscape
architects, designers, interior designers and regional and urban
planners.
BLS reports that the median annual earnings
of architects were about $48,000 in 1998 with the middle 50 percent
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Career Guidance
in Ecological Design
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earning between $37,500 and $69,000. The median annual earnings for
landscape architects in 1998 were about $38,000 with the middle 50
percent earning between about $29,000 and $50,000. However, most
landscape architects worked in the landscape and horticultural
services industry, where their median annual earnings were $33,600
in 1997. Check out full report from BLS on careers in Architecture here
Median annual earnings for designers in all
specialties except interior design were about $29,000 in 1998 with
the middle 50 percent earning between about $18,500 and $44,000.
Median annual earnings for interior designers were about $32,000 in
1998 with the middle 50 percent between about $23,500 and $42,500.
Check out full report from BLS on careers in Design here
Median annual earnings of urban and regional
planners were about $43,000 in 1998 with the middle 50 percent
earning between about $33,000 and $56,000 a year. In local and state
government, median annual earnings for urban and regional planners
in 1997 were slightly lower, at about $40,000. Check out full
report from BLS on careers in Urban and Regional Planners here
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