green,sustainable building via biomimicry and performance-based software

To build sustainable and smarter cities, green building expert ITPI urges builders to adopt ‘biomimicry’ Adopting the principle of biomimicry and undertaking performance-based design strategies -- these are the keys to building sustainably in an environmentally challenged world. That was the advice of an Italian architect and expert on green building and sustainable agriculture to builders, urban planners, government officials and various other advocates of sustainable development who attended the 2013 International Conference on Smarter Cities held last November 14 to 15 at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. “By studying the process behind the creation of natural living structures, we are able to find patterns, which transform into design models needed to define architectural solutions,” said architect Romolo V. Nati, Executive Chairman and CEO of the ITPI Corp. (Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-Development).