Вестник Южно-Уральского государственного университета. Серия "Строительство и архитектура" №4 2014

The journal sections consider the areas of scientific work in the field of architecture and construction, namely, architecture and town planning; theory of structural design; construction materials and products; examination and appraisal of real estate items; building technology and organization; plumbing and heating installations. <...> Regenerative design integrates ecological system in the built environment and is based on the premise that everything built has the potential for the integration of the natural world as an “equal partner” in the architecture. <...> The design profession is bestowed with legendary individuals who have attempted to translate ecological processes into something meaningful and useful for design theories. <...> The works of Malcolm Wells, Nancy Jack Todd and John Todd, William McDonough, John Tillman Lyle, Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan, Bill Reed, and Raymond J. Cole continue to influence the evolution of regenerative design thought and practice. <...> The paper reviews regenerative design theories and explore ways in which ecological processes have been interpreted through design at the end of the first decade of twenty first century. <...> Each theory will be summarized and considered for regenerative design of schools for thermal comfort in the tropics of India. <...> Consequently, it has become imperative to explore the natural ecological processes to maintain the ecological integrity of our biosphere and employing energy efficient strategies to reduce the energy consumption and alternative renewable sources to generate energy in the buildings. <...> Currently, building design approach is to make them ‘less bad’ than other buildings with a tag of being sustainable but sustainability has come a long way since its definition was first coined in 1970s. <...> Bill Reed, in his pioneering work offers a definition of Regenerative architecture as: “A conservation or high performance approach focused on reducing our impact and a living system understanding focused on as how we engage nature as a co-equal partner“ [1]. <...> Regenerative approach goes beyond net zero energy approach to make the buildings net positive energy buildings through participation in the health building 6 process of our mother planet. <...> During late 1970s, John T Lyle challenged his graduate students to design a community which lives within limited resources without causing any harm to the environment. <...> Since then <...>