Environmentally Sustainable Design: A Case Study of LILYPAD Project

Author(s):  
Simran Shah ◽  
Mallika Parveen

Environmentally Sustainable Design is in accordance with the concept of sustainability to design objects and built environment achieving a balance that causes no overall net environmental burden. At a time when global warming is proceeding at a rate, unprecedented in the past 1,300 years, we not only need to switch to greener energy sources and reduce consumption on the whole, but also make provision for the victims of future calamities that are inevitable due to irreversible environmental damage. This paper talks about creating an ecological balance in natural and manmade ecosystems. The need for Environmentally Sustainable Energy as well as the concept and its principles has been explained. A case study was taken up on the LILYPAD Project by architect Vincent Callebaut to showcase an excellent example of an environmentally sustainable design concept for future climatic refugees. The prototype is termed as an “auto sufficient amphibious city” and takes up the challenges launched by the OECD namely climate, biodiversity, water and health. The research also states how we can incorporate the idea of living symbiotically with nature in the construction of future homes with the implementation of one such concept i.e. Passivhaus standards. This paper aims to create awareness about environmental responsibility and how the use of environmentally sustainable design can help us realize this practically. All structures must be constructed with the aim of making them as energy efficient as possible by implementing the Passivhaus Principles and many such standards that can reduce our energy consumption and emission.

Author(s):  
Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer

The past five decades have been characterised by passage of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) legislation dealing with the environment, including legislation on the control of land, air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste management, resource conservation and recovery, and soil and ground water and surface water remediation. The aim of this research is to investigate and discuss coronavirus and byssinosis disease impact assessment. Sustainable development is the artistic idea that science and humanities must live and meet their needs without compromising the efficacy and efficiency of future generations to meet their own needs. Prediction and assessment of environmental impacts (effects) on the design and arts environment for industry 3.0 cotton roller ginning process is provided. Sustainable design and arts are discussed in this research work. EIA of conventional design and arts is also investigated. Sustainable design and arts environment for cotton ginning process is presented. The case study and check of strengthening of agricultural extension through sustainable entrepreneurship is discussed in this article.   Keywords: Agriculture, arts, cotton, design, environment, entrepreneurship, ginning, sustainability.


2012 ◽  
Vol 462 ◽  
pp. 327-330
Author(s):  
Ze Guo Qiu

Energy conservation or energy saving is one of the most important methods for reducing CO2 emissions, which is known to be associated with global warming. Although development of renewable energy sources such as solar or wind energy is necessary, we must first pay attention to the fact that enormous amounts of energy are consumed uselessly at present. Energy saving should therefore be one of the first problems to be tackled. It may not only bring reductions in CO2 emission, but also may lead to savings in expenditure on energy. This paper introduces some of the initiatives taking place in Japan aimed at energy conservation.


Author(s):  
Muh. Iqbal Latief ◽  
Sultan Djibe ◽  
Arsyad Genda

AbstractThe flood disaster that struck the Province of South Sulawesi (South Sulawesi) at the end of January 2019, was the worst natural disaster in the past 20 (twenty) years. Of the 24 (twenty four) districts and cities in South Sulawesi, there are 6 (six) districts and cities experiencing very poor conditions, namely the Regencies of Jeneponto, Maros, Gowa, Takalar, Barru and Makassar. As a result of this disaster, tens of thousands of families lost their homes, property was destroyed, social facilities such as schools and houses of worship were also severely damaged and some were destroyed. Even more pathetic, because more than a hundred people died. This results from an imbalance of ecosystems causing serious problems. Community understanding of the need to maintain ecosystem balance is still very low coupled with the socioeconomic situation which makes the community more pragmatic. The problem is, how do you increase the awareness of the community in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem? And how to foster disaster-conscious attitudes and behavior for the community, especially in disaster-prone areas? Therefore, the writing of this article aims to comprehensively examine people's attitudes related to maintaining ecosystem balance and fostering disaster-conscious behavior in the community, especially in disaster-prone areas as an alternative to disaster risk management. The method used is qualitative with the type of case study studies. The selection of informants is done purposively and the data processed are primary and secondary. From the results of this study it was found, the increasingly severe environmental damage became the main trigger of natural disasters that occurred in South Sulawesi at the end of January 2019. This environmental damage, is dominant because of the very exploitative behavior of the community towards the environment. For example, what happened in Gowa district, the big floods that occurred because around the Jeneberang River and Bili-Bili Dam areas - sand mining activities have been going on for decades. Likewise, the Mount Bawakaraeng area, which used to function as a buffer against flooding, has long been deforested as a result of causing landslides whenever there is heavy rain. This condition also occurs in the districts of Jeneponto, Maros and others - these areas are vulnerable to heavy rainfall. To overcome this serious problem, one alternative is to form community groups that are aware of disasters. This strategy of forming disaster awareness groups, by combining approaches from above (government) and from below (the community)   Musibah banjir yang melanda Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan (Sulsel) di akhir Januari 2019, merupakan bencana alam yang terparah selama kurun waktu 20 (dua puluh) tahun terakhir ini. Dari 24 (dua puluh empat) kabupaten dan kota di Sulsel, ada 6 (enam) kabupaten dan kota mengalami kondisi sangat memprihatinkan yaitu Kabupaten Jeneponto, Maros, Gowa, Takalar, Barru dan Makassar. Akibat dari bencana ini, puluhan ribu keluarga kehilangan tempat tinggal, harta benda musnah, fasilitas sosial seperti sekolah dan rumah ibadah juga rusak berat dan ada yang hancur. Lebih mengenaskan, karena menimbulkan korban jiwa meninggal dunia lebih dari seratus orang. Hal ini akibat dari ketidakseimbangan ekosistem menyebabkan masalah yang serius. Pemahaman masyarakat tentang perlunya menjaga keseimbangan ekosistem, masih sangat rendah ditambah lagi dengan situasi sosial ekonomi yang membuat masyarakat makin pragmatis. Masalahnya, bagaimana cara meningkatkan kepedulian warga masyarakat dalam menjaga keseimbangan ekosistem? Dan bagaimana menumbuhkan sikap dan perilaku sadar bencana bagi masyarakat khususnya di kawasan yang rawan bencana? Karena itu, penulisan artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji secara komprehensif sikap masyarakat terkait dengan kepedulian menjaga keseimbangan ekosistem dan menumbuhkan perilaku sadar bencana di masyarakat khususnya di daerah-daerah yang rawan bencana sebagai alternatif manajemen risiko bencana. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif dengan jenis kajian studi kasus. Pemilihan informan dilakukan secara purposif dan data yang diolah adalah primer dan sekunder. Dari hasil penelitian ini ditemukan , makin parahnya kerusakan lingkungan menjadi pemicu utama dari bencana alam yang terjadi di Sulsel akhir Januari 2019.. Kerusakan lingkungan ini, dominan karena perilaku masyarakat yang sangat eksploitatif terhadap lingkungan. Misalnya saja yang terjadi di kabupaten Gowa, banjir besar yang terjadi karena di sekitar kawasan Sungai Jeneberang dan Dam Bili-Bili – kegiatan penambangan pasir sudah berlangsung puluhan tahun lamanya. Begitu juga kawasan Gunung Bawakaraeng yang tadinya berfungsi sebagai penyangga banjir, karena sudah lama digunduli akibatnya menimbulkan longsor setiap ada hujan deras. Kondisi ini juga terjadi di Kabupaten Jeneponto, Maros dan lainnya – daerah-daerah ini rentan terhadap curah hujan yang besar. Untuk mengatasi masalah serius ini, maka salah satu alternatifnya dengan membentuk kelompok-kelompok masyarakat yang sadar bencana. Strategi pembentukan kelompok sadar bencana ini, dengan memadukan pendekatan dari atas (pemerintah) dan dari bawah (masyarakat)


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Morita ◽  
Toshikazu Shiratori

The Montreal Protocol has been ratified to progress phase-out of CFCs and HCFCs globally. HFCs have come into wide use as alternatives to CFCs and HCFCs, but as we know today, it was found that HFCs have a huge negative influence on global warming, and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol entered into force to promote phase-down of HFCs. Since the enforcement of the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law (F-gas law) in 2002, Japan has been undertaking fluorocarbons collection and destruction by environmentally-sound manners. However, no study has been reported investigates on how the Japanese fluorocarbons destruction infrastructure has been developed over the past several years. To analyze the development, we studied key drivers that contributed to encourage fluorocarbons collection from end of life electric appliances and to promote fluorocarbons destruction by environmentally and commercially sustainable technologies. We showed that recycling laws and the F-gas law have made progress in encourage fluorocarbons collection and destruction by making relevant stakeholders take physical and financial responsibilities for proper fluorocarbons disposal. This study also researched fluorocarbons destruction technologies that destruction operators used as of 2004 and 2019, and found that three specific destruction technologies have long been used practically in Japan. Finally, we discussed influencing factors that have made these technologies accepted, installed and practically used by fluorocarbons destruction operators. In conclusion, we identified that existence of political frameworks as well as application of fluorocarbons destruction technologies that are commercially sustainable and socially acceptable were key drivers behind the development of fluorocarbons destruction infrastructure in Japan.


2011 ◽  
Vol 301-303 ◽  
pp. 357-360
Author(s):  
Qing Bao Wei

Energy conservation or energy saving is one of the most important methods for reducing CO2 emissions, which is known to be associated with global warming. Although development of renewable energy sources such as solar or wind energy is necessary, we must first pay attention to the fact that enormous amounts of energy are consumed uselessly at present. Energy saving should therefore be one of the first problems to be tackled. It may not only bring reductions in CO2 emission, but also may lead to savings in expenditure on energy. This paper introduces some of the initiatives taking place in Japan aimed at energy conservation.


Energies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Marcin Zygmunt ◽  
Dariusz Gawin

The protection of the natural environment and countering global warming are crucial worldwide issues. The residential sector has a significant impact on overall energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it is extremely important to focus on all of the activities that can result in more energy efficient and sustainable city scale areas, preventing global warming. The highest improvement in the energy efficiency of existing buildings is possible by combining their deep refurbishment and the use of renewable energy sources (RES), where solar energy appears to be the best for application in buildings. Modernizations that provide full electrification seem to be a trend towards providing modern, energy efficient and environmentally friendly, smart buildings. Moreover, switching from an analysis at the single building level to the district scale allows us to develop more sustainable neighborhoods, following the urban energy modelling (UEM) paradigm. Then, it is possible to use the energy cluster (EC) concept, focusing on energy-, environmental- and economic-related aspects of an examined region. In this paper, an actual Polish suburban district is examined using the home-developed TEAC software. The software is briefly described and compared with other computer codes applied for UEM. In this study, the examined suburban area is modernized, assuming buildings’ deep retrofitting, the application of RES and energy storage systems, as well as usage of smart metering techniques. The proposed modernizations assumed full electrification of the cluster. Moreover, the examined scenarios show potential electricity savings up to approximately 60%, as well as GHG emission reduction by 90% on average. It is demonstrated that the proposed approach is a valid method to estimate various energy- and environment-related issues of modernization for actual residential clusters.


Author(s):  
Budijanto Chandra ◽  
Samsu Hendra Siwi ◽  
Naniek Widayati Priyomarsono ◽  
Fermanto Lianto

The most significant environmental problem recently is global warming and causing environmental damage and threatening human life. It needs to immediately reduce CO₂ emissions from burning fossil fuels as a cause of global warming, and one way is to reduce the energy of fossil fuels in buildings and replace them with renewable energy. It is necessary to immediately apply the Net Zero Energy Building (NZE), which can significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels and use energy renewable. This study is to find out what needs to be considered in house design with NZE concepts in the context of tropical and humid climates such as in Jakarta and its surroundings. The method used is qualitative research with a case study approach. NZE buildings have the potential to be applied in by taking into account some of the NZE's house design guidelines.


2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 372-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selçuk Bilgen ◽  
Sedat Keleş ◽  
Abdullah Kaygusuz ◽  
Ahmet Sarı ◽  
Kamil Kaygusuz

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcindo Neckel ◽  
Carlos Costa ◽  
Débora Nunes Mario ◽  
Clarice Elvira Saggin Sabadin ◽  
Eliane Thaines Bodah

Abstract Growing urban land development has led to a reduction in the space available for cemeteries and the juxtaposition of residential and cemeterial areas, further raising the polluting potential of the latter. The present case study sought to assess levels of physicochemical and microbiological contamination in the Central Cemetery of Marau (RS/Brazil), and propose vertical cemetery deployment as a way to reduce necroleachate-linked pollution impacts. The following information was collected from 43 additional rural cemeteries: number of tombs, graves, chapels, and small vertical constructions with drawers, state of conservation and cleanliness and total area and perimeter of the cemetery. Eighty professionals of environmentally sustainable urban planning from four countries (20 Brazilians, 20 American, 20 Portuguese and 20 Japanese) were interviewed regarding the ‘ideal cemetery’. Various risks of cemetery soil contamination were identified, particularly high amounts of heterotrophic microorganisms, especially fecal coliforms associated with burial sites. In order to avoid contamination risks to environment and population, the mplemention of a vertical model of cemetery is proposed.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document