Reflection on Natural Philosophy and Traditional Ideas Concerning Energy, Environment and Building Sustainable Development
About 50% of the world's resources and energy is used for buildings, and green building becomes hot topic of theory. We mainly consider the issues from technological improvement. Few people from subjectivity think what kind of life we needed and what kind of manner we needed to do with energy and environment. This paper refers to traditional ideas of energy and environment, concerning reflection on philosophical ontology. Western modern technological civilization emphasizes tool rationality which produces immediate effect, but that of long-term, far-reaching, integrity often becoming blind spot. Sustainable development of building and city should overcome shortage of single thinking such as economic geography. Because closely with human culture and values, buildings and cities have three natures including implements, symbols and images.