The phrase "ecological design" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process of designing things with sustainability in mind, such as through the use of sustainable materials or energy-efficient technologies. For example, "This office building was designed with ecological design principles, using recycled materials and solar panels for energy."
Tucker Viemeister, an industrial designer at Razorfish in New York, says the show proves that "ecological design doesn't have to be about Birkenstocks and tie-dye T-shirts".
He has authored several books on ecological design and tall building design.
His latest is Ecodesign: Manual for Ecological Design, published by John Wiley & Sons (UK).
His expertise in landscape and ecological design has brought him work on projects normally left to engineers.
Case studies of office workers demonstrate that ecological design promotes communication and interaction and reduces stress, she said.
The Transition movement was started four years ago by Rob Hopkins, a young British instructor of ecological design.
As Mr. Singer's work has evolved over three decades, it has increasingly blurred the lines between art and architecture, sculpture and landscape, ecological design and engineering.
The architect Howard Liddell, who has died aged 67 of cancer, was a pioneering figure in ecological design and community planning.
In permaculture, a branch of ecological design, there's no solution that can't be improved by better design based on new or better information.
He is currently working on three large power plants -- one in New Hampshire and two in Queens -- where he hopes ecological design makes these intimidating facilities better neighbors.
When he went to Aberfeldy in the Tay valley in 1978, the idea of ecological design – let alone what would much later become universally accepted as sustainable development – was hardly spoken of.
