Achieving sustainability in construction and maintenance of housing. An analysis based on a comparison of the Dutch and Peruvian situation

Recently, the author worked as a development aid worker in Peru. Lessons are drawn from this experience and from experience in the Netherlands, comparing the differences in sustainable building caused by culture, history and available techniques. Exchange of technology or technology transfer may help countries to learn from each other and achieve more sustainability. The paper uses examples drawn from the Netherlands and Peru of achieved and achievable sustainability with an eye to the functional quality, the architectural quality and the use of resources for housing. This is done for the buil... Mehr ...