Why use ecospecifier?

The root of the word ‘eco’ is the Greek ‘oiko’ meaning ‘home’ or ‘environment’.

To ‘specify’ is to name precisely. Taken together, to ‘eco-specify’ is to specify precisely the type of place and environment we want.

In the design industry today, we understand that our environment means not just the bricks and mortar we use, but also the air, light, thermal and health standards our design creates as well as its ecological impacts, and that these are intimately tied to our wellbeing and effectiveness.

We also understand, as do clients, that design quality is connected to the other eco, economics. Clients expect not just appropriate quality for their capital dollar but, increasingly, value over the building or fitouts’ extended life cycle. A design impacts potentially thousands of people before its construction, during its use and after deconstruction.

Design today must therefore be mindful of the up and downstream implications of decisions in an economic, legal and ecological sense. A range of new standards, including Green Star, are making these issues into significant drivers and often major deliverables.

ecospecifier provides compelling, high-quality knowledge about innovative products that represent high value over their life.

Not just in the traditional sense, but in the expanded sense of health, wellbeing and productivity of their total life in the context of the people, buildings and systems they serve. Furthermore it provides a design context to help design deliver optimal outcomes and returns.

ecospecifier - its not just about the environment, its about our environment. Its not just about design, its about best practice.

In practice today there are many specifiers. The question is, are you...or do you want to be…an ecospecifier?