Designing Sustainable Factories: A Toolkit for the Assessment and Mitigation of Impact on the Landscape

Economic constraints and lack of knowledge often prevent companies — especially small and medium enterprises — from harmonizing their facilities with the landscape. As a result, factories significantly impact the quality of our living environment, in terms of physical effects on the ecosystem, perceptual interferences with the surroundings, and disturbances on local communities. At both the design and maintenance stages, a set of appropriate tools can assist businesses in becoming more awar...