Keywords
Sustainable building; LEED V4; sustainability; sustainable development; architectural design studio. Abstract
In recent times it has become necessary for all to preserve the environment in general, and the built environment in particular, because of the enormous impacts on human life. The various types of buildings have vast implications on energy consumption and, consequently, on the built environment. This paper aims to develop a simplified framework for sustainable buildings to be utilizing a focused training for architecture students on the broad concepts of sustainability and sustainable buildings, through the use of one of the most widely used sustainable building assessment systems, (LEED®) Leadership in Energy and Environmental.
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Eventually, the results of the study presented solutions and treatments to be applied in the design studio to enhance the use of building sustainability by providing a simplified LEED® framework.
1. Introduction
Sustainable buildings concept have emerged because it have positive implications on life and human beings. The application of sustainable development in urban societies and urbanization leads to the preservation of natural resources. Harmoniously, the concepts and principles of sustainability should be applied to their energy saving, Human life is affected by the built environment; moreover, the negative or positive environmental influences affect the life of human being in a significant and considerable extent. The proportion of the population living in cities is expected to increase from 70 per cent in 2050 (Anthopoulos, L 2015) . Consequently, the sustainable building should have tremendous momentum. Respectively, the buildings and their activities represent approximately 31 per cent of global final energy demand, around one third of energy-related CO2 emissions, nearby two thirds of halocarbons, and almost 30 per cent of black carbon emissions (Felgueiras, et al.
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In light of the lack of resources resulting from the depletion of non-renewable sources of energy, countries should consume their resources in a rational behavior in order to achieve energy efficiency for future generations, and the status quo as well. The current study aims to develop a conceptual framework for sustainable design for use at the level of undergraduate education in the Department of Architecture, to be utilized by students in various courses correlated to architectural design studio. The proposed framework aims to train students in the design process. Sustainable development and design of sustainable buildings that promote the optimal use of energy and develop energy resources in the community, this paper is designed in the following methodology: First, through an analytical study of the basic elements of sustainable development in general and the sustainability of buildings in particular, second: Conclusion of basic elements in sustainable design and development to suit university education. he above has been accomplished through an analysis of the LEED certificate in the New desing and Construction. LEED v.4 utilized in the study, the study simplifiy the basic elements of sustainability and LEED, furthermore, selection of elements appropriate for the level of pre-graduate education; Third: design the proposed framework. Fourth: apply the farmework via case study on the Department of Architecture
CASBEE has the highest number of assessment categories that concentrated on more technical issues with respect to sustainable design. BREEAM and GreenStar systems follow CASBEE in this sense that they have significant number of assessment categories, too. At the first glimpse, the number of assessment categories of LEED could draw a conclusion that LEED is not sufficient enough to assess the selected building’s performance in terms of sustainable design; but when analyzed deeply by looking at all the separate assessment categories and credits of the four building assessment systems, it is seen that the assessment categories of LEED is a combination of the major sustainable criterions that is represented in six assessment categories. The assessment categories of LEED are summarized versions of all the assessment categories of the other building assessment systems mentioned in the
Many sustainable houses mirror the design of ancient adobe homes and dug outs. Recently people have started building very modern and extravagant ecofriendly homes. According to Bryan Welch, author of “Earthships the Power of Unconventional Ideas”, it all started with Michael Reynolds. In the 1970s Michael set out to build his own Earthship with the goal of creating it to be energy efficient and beautiful home (Welch, Bryan). Michael’s designs were quite unconventional and very new at the time; many of the early homes did not work out as planned.
Pyrmont’s population is projected to reach 20,000 by 2020, which means that further development of the suburb is required to sustain this growing population. The development and construction of more and more apartments will inevitably increase the suburb’s and Sydney’s ecological footprint. There has, however, been the recent development of sustainable apartment blocks, which consists of water conserving taps, solar energy panelling, natural gas outlets and other sustainable aspects of development. Transport has also been revitalised in the Pyrmont area with over 34% of the residential population utilising the facilities. The new light rail and monorail systems, train, bus and ferry networks play a major role in sustaining the suburbs ecological sustainability.
However, through the lack of real statistics, relevant support, and information about various construction companies, Sophie Krause fails in writing a credible persuasive argument. The article, “Going Green With Blue Roofs” is effective when it appeals to pathos and logos because the majority of her points pull at the reader’s heartstrings and everything is logical; however, hard statistics are lacking. All of her “unequivocal data” is vague in numbers and does not provide real facts. The only truth in her argument is that the environment is in danger and we need to do something about it. , Reconstructing roofs is not the only way we can do this, but it is a step forward in the
China has many factories throughout the country that are making. These architects are starting to make buildings environmentally friendly so that they can start reducing pollution because it is so bad there. In Beijing my exchange student Shiqi Wu(Alice) told me the pollution is bad that when you are walking down the street you can barely see people, everyone has masks on and air purifiers in their homes. China’s factories have made this pollution so badly that people have to deal with this daily. The design approach focused on an interaction between technology, site, function, and landscape.
The built environment is a resources, services and infrastructure designed and made by the human to facilitate and support their life activities. Built environment may include all types of infrastructures included but not limited: roads, sewerage system, drainage, district cooling, buildings, railway lines, green areas and all other resources that make life easy and reduce the waste by recycling or treatment. There are so many schemes and researched are built in order to measure, improve the communities and environment. One of these systems is LEED “Leader ship in Energy and Environmental Design” which had been found in US as equivalent system to UK system BREEAM which was developed base on BREEAM
Sustainable construction is the creation and responsible management of a healthy built environment based on resource efficient and ecological principles. Creating and operating buildings are matters that account for about 40% of global annual energy consumption, and therefore, an important aspect of sustainable construction is to become market responsive, and integrate the supply chain while minimizing waste. The whole process of construction would therefore engage all stakeholders of the construction industry. Concerns and Difficulties of Sustainable Construction Three issues are of utmost concern while abiding by the philosophy of sustainable construction: • Different building projects are made for different purposes. Depending on the purpose of the building, the actual effect of the sustainability practices adopted may vary at different stages of construction and use.
These educational institutes supply skilled human recourses to the industrial estates in this area. In order to create skilled work force, educational institutes undertake many activities which adds to the carbon footprints. These organizations also utilize significant resources such as water, electricity, paper and fuels that significantly add to the carbon emission. It should be noted that, the consumption of recourses by schools, colleges and universities is unavoidable as they are the centre of excellence and pillars of nation building as they supply skilled work force for development. But the additive effect of GHGs from educational institutes may be a significant contributor to overall carbon emission in this part of
Based on these principles, conservation-based housing communities are planned, designed, constructed and maintained to meet the needs of their occupants in terms of health, safety, affordability and flexibility, and are designed to respond to local and changing lifestyles. As well, these types of communities make efficient use of all resources, while minimizing impacts on the site’s natural environment. These principles should apply to all aspects of a community, including housing and built form, infrastructure and natural
Hello everyone, My name is Dhruv Aggarwal and I am a third y ear Mechatronics Engineering and Management student studying at McMaster University. Today I am here to discuss one of the most important aspects of engineering design that I am a strong believe of. Leadership in Energy and Environment Design also known as LEED.
He has formed strong relationships with many key clients in the area such as the Warwickshire police and Bromsgrove school leading on to long term projects. Andrew leads the team that produces all student residential schemes and strongly promotes the practice of ‘green agenda’ through design. • Plymouth school of Architecture, University of Plymouth BA(Hons)Architecture • De Montfort University, Leister. Post Graduate Diploma in Architecture. Nick James (Partner)
PHILIPPINE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CASE ANALYSIS THE WIRE ROPE I. Immediate Issue(s) or Problem(s) Immediate problems concerning this case study involves: a. Is it unethical for me to disclose the knowledge that I gained from my former employer regarding the internally designed machine use by them in order to help solve the problem of my current employer? Is it considered a violation of confidentiality agreements (if there was any) of trade secrets? b.
One of the most common drawbacks of the energy efficient construction is the high cost of enforcing. Although the additional costs are required to build and plan such buildings, they are balanced out by saving on energy expenditure; while, it is still extra money provided to build; thus, additional cost is valid criticism. In addition to this, building materials are not always available. The most noticeable negative feature of energy efficient construction is the environmental concern. Although it is environmentally friendly which produces less carbon emissions, it has slight unfavorable effects on the human health.
Eco friendly building material is those provide the appropriate service and lifetime, with the minimal maintenance, while minimizing the decimation the raw of material, the pollution from, and also energy consumption by production and use, and that have the maximum potential for the reuse. The use of the Eco friendly building materials and products are represents one important strategy in the design of a building. In addition, the Eco friendly building materials have benefits to the building users such as improved health and the productivity, in order to change the spatial configurations of the lower costs associated, reduced maintenance costs over the life of the building and so forth.
The research need, aim, question, objectives and an outline of the overall research design are summarised. The chapter concludes by outlining the overall structure of the dissertation. 1.1 The Nature of Architecture as a Profession To understand the significance of role of client and critical impact of architect- client relationship in the design process, one needs to first understand the nature of architecture as a professional activity. Architecture has been described as a combination of art as well as craftsmanship, social science as well as engineering.