Architectural programming and building quality evaluation for energy savings and sustainable development of built environment

The study is focused on new philosophies of architectural design and urban planning in response to the needs of modern cities which, being built environments, are confronted with many detrimental phenomena. The philosophies discussed have a holistic approach and are based on the processes of continuous quality analyses and decision-making on the grounds of the conclusions (programming). Such novel approach makes it possible to achieve high quality of the built environment in observance of the sustainable development principles.