Minimal resource consumption in the urban context
Within the earth's boundaries, global resources are limited. However, a continuing growth of global population and an accompanying increase of wealth, causes an annual increase of resource consumption. The built environment, especially urban structures are the main drivers for resource consumption. In phenomenological investigation, the study, summarized here, analyses the impacts of certain parameters of typical urban residential buildings on resource consumption. Herein, the classic single‐family house, four‐ and six‐storey apartment buildings and 20‐ and 40‐storey high‐rise residential buildings are quantified and put in relation in three different urban densities. In conclusion, a case study shows the optimisation potential of high‐rise buildings that can become a sustainable building typology under certain circumstances.