In the article “Advancing Sustainable Infrastructure
with Envision”, Nelson (2015) shares that Envision is a global rating system
for every form of infrastructure. It promotes end to end documentation from the
design phase to the completion phase. The writer further describes that
Envision has 5 general aspects, encompassing a 60 credit system with 4 award
levels where 6 projects have received awards and completed third-party
verifications. Furthermore, the writer noted that attaining memberships and ENV
SP credentials can done through the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
(ISI). While I agree that sustainability is important and Envision caters much
in that area, we as individuals will need the right attitude and vision to
commit ourselves to build and maintain a sustainable environment.
Hello Nate,
ReplyDeleteYour summary i feel has hit all the major points that the author wanted to get across.And the paraphrasing is commendable
Though this point could be insignificant as a whole, I think your summary could just reiterate on what is Envision's true purpose of its creation besides a rating system .From the article,statements such as, "The Envision rating system for sustainable infrastructure is the new international reference for best practices ..After three years in the industry Envision has been used to improve hundreds of projects..The Envision rating system for sustainable infrastructure is a collection of best practices that provides guidance for decision making..."so besides saying that Envision acts as just a rating system.One of its main purpose was to act as a guidance/reference for infrastructure projects.Just some extra two cents worth of how i viewed the article
Best regards,Muhammad