The concepts of design that must be attended, especially in developing countries, are social and cultural concerns, as well as questions of environmental comfort and sustainability.The aspects of building constructions economicand technological viability and function also have continual importance. Contemporary architecture and its urban setting have exerted specific pressures on the design process, and this in turn on formal educationof professionals. Design education has however on the whole not found appropriate models to attend to the complexity of all these questions.

This study examines, by means of energy simulation softwares, the thermal behaviour of a real heavy masonrybuilding designed with a full application of bioclimaticstrategies, located in Mediterranean climate; the results are then compared with the performances of a twin building, which differs for one single feature, that is thermal mass.

Energy savings inside buildings require a comprehensivedesign approach to balance bioclimatic strategies with the use of active systems.A climatic responsive building aims to mediate externalagents both to reduce climate loads and to create a healthy and comfortable indoor environment.The sensitive approach to comfort gives nowadays more chances to implement passive strategies and especially the use of natural ventilation.The residential settlement in Pieve di Cento is made with a general Masterplan designed according to sustainableprinciples.

This paper will synopsize the results of a research on energy-conscious architectural elements and principles used throughout the history. The selected case studies were classified into historical eras regardless of their climatic or cultural diversity and were investigated by the date of construction, ranging from prehistoric to the current vernacular buildings, and they were cross-referenced and compared to each other. The analysis of the cases demonstrates similarity and some contrast in elements and principles, differing in history and culture but being similar in climate.

The paper examines the energy performance of student residence buildings and investigates the possibility of applying environmental design principles and measures in order to improve their cooling energy performance and indoor environment.A detailed study for the student residence buildings of the Higher Technological Institute (ATEI) of Larissa was performed.

This paper presents a design education experience, where the concepts of bioclimatic architecture were applied in a studio environment of the Architecture Course of UNICAMPin Campinas, Brazil. At the first PALENC 2005 Conference the authors of this paper presented a teaching experience with results that indicated the need for new ways of bringing the feelings of comfort close to the studiodesign discussions.

The Millennium Development Goals, approved by 189 countries in September 2000, and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, adopted in 2002 by the World Summiton Sustainable Development (WSSD), emphasize the urgent need for greater commitment to reduce inequalitiesand assist in the development of poor countries.The 21 Mediterranean countries and the European Communitydecided in line with the WSSD process, to prepare a Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development (MSSD), and requested the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) of the MediterraneanAction Plan (MAP) t

To the greatest degree modern showed requirements are answered with characteristics of military buildings and constructions on the basis of collapsible constructive system Module which allows to form complexes of inhabited,industrial, public, warehouse and special purpose of any capacity for various climatic conditions.

By the new General plan by 2025 in St.-Petersburg it is planned to construct 130 million ??. M of the real estate (for comparison: now in city nearby 140 million ??.). From them nearby 50 million ??. The m is allocatedunder apartment houses, 30 million ??. M - under objects of socially-business purpose (hospital, school, hotel and trading complexes). Besides it is supposed to reconstruct 25 million ??. M industrial ????????and to add to the city real estate 25-30 million more ??. M due to development of an engineering infrastructure.

Speaking about dialogue of authority and business, it is necessary to not forget, that besides it is necessary to consider both opinion and our inhabitants – for whom, first of all, we and work.