According to the definition of the Bruntland Commission, the sustainable development consists in satisfying the current needs without compromising the possibility of future generations of satisfying theirs. The term sustainability, initially used to define fairest economic development dynamics, has quickly become of common use and was, then, used to identify not only the development methods but also each action or situation in which this model is applied and put into effect, starting from sustainable production and sustainable market to the sustainable building: a building that does not use polluting materials and prefers natural organic materials, recycled materials and components, that limits the use of fossil fuels and that reduces the production of waste and energetic consumption during operation.
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