Biomimicry and the BREEAM category of energy for sustainable architecture and sustainable urbanism

The paper aims to understand the combination of biomimicry and the BREEAM category of energy to identify innovative solutions for sustainable architecture and sustainable urbanism. It purposes to find similarities between biomimicry and the BREEAM category of energy by selecting and analyzing literature. The study aims to indicate potential applications of biomimicry, and the BREEAM category of energy focused on building design. The main question of this research is to discover how biomimicry and the BREEAM category of energy could combine to identify innovative solutions to address sustainable architecture and sustainable urbanism? The research required a systematic literature review for identifying, collecting, and analyzing relevant studies. JSTOR, Science Direct, and Microsoft Academic were used as repositories and led to the identification of 3855 studies. After screening, eligibility, and inclusion, 39 studies were included in the systematic literature review. More studies discussed sustainable architecture and required classification through subthemes: biomimetic design and associated principles; building skin; integrated framework; designing with BREEAM. The paper provides insight into biomimetic design approaches and energy management combining to ensure sustainability ranging from a building to an urban environment. The chosen research method causes the research results to lack generalizability since it does not associate with other BREEAM categories such as health and wellbeing, innovation, land use, materials, management, pollution, transport, waste, and water. The research fulfills the need to study the combination of biomimicry and one of the BREEAM categories to identify innovative solutions for sustainable architecture and sustainable urbanism.