“Design and Develop Responsibly” is one of seven actions areas outlined in Princeton University’s Sustainability Action Plan, which was released in April 2019.
Central to this goal is the use of integrative design practices to ensure that sustainability is part of the project and thought through from the very beginning.
In this video, Patricia Devine, Sustainability Architectural Engineer, Office of Capital Projects; and John Hannum, Project Engineer, Office of Capital Projects; discuss how good design can nudge sustainable behavior. They also outline some of the sustainable design elements the University plans to incorporate in its newest residential colleges.