Diamond Building-Bangunan Suruhanjaya Tenaga‚ Putrajaya Energy-efficient buildings are designed with emphasis on environmentally friendly‚ such as energy and water efficiency‚ indoor environmental quality‚ use of renewable energy and so on. From the physical characteristics of the buildings we can see the use of glass which will allow entry of sunlight‚ thus reducing the use of lights. This shows the savings in electricity consumption. In addition‚ heat from the lights can also be reduced by it
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commercial buildings in the city are healthy and safe. As part of these efforts‚ they have implemented some new energy-efficiency standards in an effort to help improve the city as a whole. Take a look at some of these groundbreaking efforts. New Building Codes The City of Denver has recently adopted some new building codes that were initiated by the International Code Council (ICC). These codes are designed to make buildings safer and more energy-efficient. They will affect both new buildings as well
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Eighth International IBPSA Conference Eindhoven‚ Netherlands August 11-14‚ 2003 BUILDING MORPHOLOGY‚ TRANSPARENCE‚ AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE Werner Pessenlehner and Ardeshir Mahdavi Department of Building Physics and Human Ecology Vienna University of Technology Vienna‚ 1040 - Austria ABSTRACT Certain energy-related building standards make use of simple numeric indicators to describe a building ’s geometric compactness. Typically‚ such indicators make use of the relation between the volume
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Low-cost sustainable building materials and construction technologies THE CHALLENGE The building and construction industry is considered a major contributor to climate change - and a key player in sustainable development - with the potential to significantly impact the environment in both positive and negative terms. According to the International Energy Agency‚ buildings account for 30 to 40 percent of energy use worldwide. The construction industry consumes over 3 billion tons of raw materials
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SRE Sustainability Office Sustainable Building Design Guidebook Siemens Real Estate Impressum Client Siemens Real Estate Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 81739 Munich Contact Rainer Kohns‚ Otto Reich Consultant Intep Integrale Planung GmbH Innere Wiener Str. 11 D-81667 München Germany Intep Integrated Planning LLC 2225 Franklin Avenue East Minneapolis‚ MN 55404 USA Authors René Sigg‚ Ute Houzer‚ Thomas Rühle‚ Stephan Tanner‚ Joel Schurke Date/Version March‚ 2006 / 09-01
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Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post‐occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois Year 1 Final Report Fall 2009 A collaboration between With the generous support of Acknowledgements Several organizations and individuals contributed to the success of this project. Please accept our gratitude for helping to make this project possible: Project Supporter Grand Victoria Foundation Project Partners U.S. Green Building Council‐Chicago Chapter
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Sustainable Construction and the Built Environment Building Management Systems BMS system requirements and evaluation of proprietary product offerings Introduction A building management system is a computerised system which can help the user control and monitor the surrounding conditions within their property. The main benefits of having a building management system installed are that they operate at maximum levels of efficiency and economy‚ but new modern systems have the dual benefit of acting
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BUIDLING SKINS It is interesting to see the evolution of the building skin throughout history‚ from first being seen as just shelter and the same as a building to the envelope becoming independent and having its own identity. Also‚ it is hard to distinguish whether roof or wall came first. Although they seem like to different elements‚ Werner Lang explains they can be one in the same. In the beginning‚ mans’ main concern was to shelter himself from natural elements. Today‚ there are many new factors
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Green Buildings Index 1) Introduction 1 2) Green Building Concepts 4 2.1) Materials 6 2.2) Lighting 8 2.3) Water Resources Management 12 2.4) Ventilation and Cooling 14 3)Elements of green building 16 4) Basic‚ no cost‚ green building strategies 21 5) Green Buildings Summarized 21 6) Conclusion 22 7) Case study 23 8) References 25 1) Introduction:
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Low Energy Buildings and Photovoltaics Course Outline 6 Units of Credit (UOC) 4 contact hours per week Course Context and Description Building energy use comprises about 40% of the total electrical energy used in NSW. Since the advent of artificial heating and lighting methods and the modernist aesthetic‚ much of the traditional wisdom that informed climate-specific vernacular architecture has been abandoned. There is currently significant interest in reducing energy use in buildings and particularly
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