User:D T S Roshan

Executive Summary

Sustainable development was defined by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development in the 1987 Brundtland Report as “those paths of social, economic and political progress that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In 1993 – a year after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro – the World Congress of Architects defined sustainability for the architectural fraternity as follows:

Sustainability means meeting our needs today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

DTS Architects Ltd incorporated in 2007 in Mauritius as Architectural firm providing services in architecture, interior design and project management and having main partner Mr Roshan Seebundhun, Chartered Architect registered with the Professional Architects Council in Mauritius are now implementing sustainbale architecture in their projects.

Sustainability is coming more and more important in everyday life and it concerns everybody living in this world. We are in the opinion that sustainable development should be enforced in all vested state or government authorities in order to create a general awareness of global warming. Global warming mainly is mainly caused by the greenhouse effect which our planet is suffering nowadays. Greenhouse gases are the gases present in the Earth’s atmosphere that stop heat escaping into space, keeping the planet warm enough for life. CO2 is probably the most significant of the greenhouse gases as it accounts for the largest proportion of the 'trace gases' in the atmosphere. It is thought that it's been in the atmosphere for over 4 billion of the Earth's 4.6 billion year geological history.

In the build environment many research projects have been undertaken by architects, engineers and other consultants in order to create a sustainable development. in Architecture for example design principles have been reviewed to enhance natural lighting within interior premises thus optimising the energy consumption. Architects are now playing a vital role in sustainable development.

--D T S Roshan (talk) 02:59, 10 October 2009 (UTC)Roshan Seebundhun, Architect, DTS Architects Ltd