Finally, sustainability was proposed to be embedded in the design of the Nalanda campus at multiple levels- Economic sustainability was imagined through the management of appropriate building technologies and materials in an incremental approach to build-ability; environmental sustainability was to be achieved by utilizing high thermal mass, insulation, principals of natural ventilation and shading to reduce the requirement for mechanical cooling and ventilation; the implementation of a complete water management strategy to reduce water requirement for irrigation and to facilitate flood prevention; and finally a social sustainability was to be advanced by developing communities, both within the campus itself and in the local context.