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Hannover principles

Design guidelines written by Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart for the 2000 World’s Fair that were issued at the World Urban Forum of the Earth Summit in 1992.
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Together, Braungart and McDonough wrote the Hannover Principles in 1991, a set of guidelines for sustainable design created for the 2000 World's Fair in Hannover, Germany.
They often draw on elements of existing documents, such as the Earth Charter, the Ahwahnee Principles, the Hannover Principles, the Natural Step, and many others.
The Hannover Principles, developed in 1992 by William McDonough and Michael Braungart for the EXPO 2000 World Exposition, were among the first to integrate comprehensively the fundamental ideas of sustainability with the built environment.
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