scholarly journals An Article on Green Firefighting Equipment in Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12421
Author(s):  
Yu-Hsiang Huang ◽  
Tzu-Sheng Shen
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Sprinkler System ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Potential Hazard ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
High Degree

This paper discusses the relationship between green buildings and fire safety from a higher perspective including the traditional fire factors, fire resilience, sustainable building SAFR, social, ecological, and economic fields. There is no need to sacrifice fire safety in the name of sustainability. There is no direct report of fire incidents with green design elements. However, indirectly from the characteristics of residents, green buildings have a high degree of intersection with vulnerable groups, which directly affects the life safety of green building fires. The gray water recycling design of sustainable buildings (green buildings) combined with a simple waterway-connected sprinkler system will be an excellent cooperation example between green (Green Design) and red (Fire Safety). Taiwan’s photovoltaic development plan is expected to reach the 500 MW in 2025, which is equivalent to 2.5% of the government’s promotion target of 20 GW. Whether a PV fire occurs during the day or night, photovoltaic modules will generate lethal electricity, which is a potential hazard to first responders and rescue team.

HOW DO GREEN BUILDINGS COMMUNICATE GREEN DESIGN TO BUILDING USERS? A SURVEY STUDY OF A LEED-CERTIFIED BUILDING

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susie Ruqun Wu ◽  
Suk-Kyung Kim ◽  
Hogeun Park ◽  
Peilei Fan ◽  
Arika Ligmann-Zielinska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Affordance Theory ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Future Design

Studies investigating the benefits of green buildings can be approached by the affordance theory—the perceived properties of a thing that determine how it could possibly be used. This study focuses on the sustainable communication and education that a green building should provide. By applying the affordance theory, we examined whether a LEED-certified university campus building effectively communicates green design and sustainability to its users and if so, then how? We employed a questionnaire survey targeting campus users of a LEED-certified building by examining their awareness of the building's LEED status and perception of green design elements at multiple spatial scales, as well as their general knowledge on green building topics. We collected 177 questionnaires, of which 153 were qualified for statistical analysis. The results suggested that the building itself can afford to promote awareness among users, but cannot afford to educate users on general green building knowledge. We found that building users perceived green design at different spatial scales, preferring either product or space-related design. Our results indicate that future design should continue promoting the use of educational signage, which was found to be the most effective communicator of sustainability. The communication of green design to users with different spatial preferences remains a future research focus. Further studies on the innovative use of green building design as effective communicators are needed to promote sustainability education among the building users.

scholarly journals Assessing occupant comfort in an iconic sustainable education building

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Best ◽  
Brian Purdey
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Post Occupancy Evaluation ◽  
Royal Institution ◽  
Occupant Comfort ◽  
Occupant Satisfaction

The building that houses the Mirvac School of Sustainable Development at Bond University is the first educational building to achieve a six Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. It has won numerous awards since opening in August 2008 including being judged the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Sustainable Building of 2009. After more than two years in use a post-occupancy evaluation study was carried out to assess the performance of the building from the viewpoint of the users; both resident staff and transient students. Results for factors such as lighting, thermal comfort, noise and air quality. were compared to benchmarks established by the Usable Buildings Trust. The evaluation also assessed the occupants’ perceptions of the building’s impact on their own productivity. Users generally find the building provides a comfortable work environment although a number of areas of performance were noted as posing some concerns. These included intrusive noise in some parts of the building and some issues with glare in daylit teaching spaces. Such concerns were found to be in accord with the results of previous studies and they highlight some recurrent problems in “green” buildings designed to maximise the use of natural ventilation and natural light. These design challenges and how occupant satisfaction is to be measured and benchmarked are also discussed in the context of this comparative building study.

scholarly journals Sustainable Construction, Green Building Strategic Model

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Salama ◽  
Ashraf Hana
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Location ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
The Core ◽  
Strategic Model ◽  
Global Concern

Academic and policy literature over the past four decades (from as early as the 1970s) has been, and still is, concerned with understanding and articulating the core principles of sustainable development and sustainable construction or, in other words, sustainable building and construction, which is a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach. The increasing global concern with the maintenance and improvement of the environment, as well as the protection of the human health has become an important aspect to be considered by construction companies worldwide. The chapter falls into two parts. The main aim of the first part is to present a critical review of the established theoretical frameworks in order to understand the topic in depth, and identify the main concepts and relevant dimensions or variables that have a crucial influence on promoting and implementing sustainable construction/green buildings practices. The second part presents the findings of a research study conducted by the authors (Salama and Hanna, 2013) that sought to develop a strategic model for implementing the green building initiative in the UAE; Green Building Strategic Model, (GBSM – UAE). Despite being based on the UAE case, the underpinning theoretical framework and the stages of modelling used in building, training and validating the model makes this section a useful read for all parties interested in the area of sustainable construction in general, and green buildings in particular, regardless of their geographical location.

Causes of Architect’s “Absence” in Green Building Practices

2015 ◽  
Vol 1092-1093 ◽  
pp. 563-566
Author(s):  
Jin Xu ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Education Community ◽  
External Economy ◽  
Review Criteria

Beginning from an analysis of the green building evaluation and labeling projects reviewed, this paper has a comprehensive analysis on the low content of green design and obvious “absence” of architects in the majority of evaluation and labeling projects by use of the theories of green architecture and economics. The author holds that such “absence” is originated from the external economy and technical complexity of green buildings and attributes the causes to two aspects: First, there is no sound and effective incentive mechanism in the environment in which the architects are, especially the lack of professional identity and motivation of green design in architectural design appraisal, award and review criteria; Second, architects are less self-motivated, mentally backward and poor in comprehensive quality. Targeted measures are expected to advance the concept changes in the architectural education community, promote architects to transform thinking and enhance capacity and boost the “green” development of green buildings.

BIM Based Green Building Management Development in the U.S.

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 1597-1600
Author(s):  
Yun Hui Yang ◽  
Bi Bo Ren
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Management Development ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Measurement Standard ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Building Management ◽  
Reduced Costs ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Design Construction

Green building or sustainable building and BIM are advancing on the construction industry faster than most practitioners’ anticipation around globe today. BIM adoption in construction has changed the existing construction industry practices to achieve better results with higher quality green buildings that perform at sustainable facilities and reduced costs, BIM provides the opportunity to realize numerous benefits throughout the project conception, design, construction and post occupancy phases of a green building facility, and BIM is also establishing a measurement standard for what is considered a green building. This paper represents the BIM applications in the U.S. green building management development with respect to various aspects of practice in construction.

scholarly journals Review on Energy and Fire Performance of Water Wall Systems as a Green Building Façade

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8713
Author(s):  
Uthpala Rathnayake ◽  
Denvid Lau ◽  
Cheuk Lun Chow
Keyword(s):  
Fire Safety ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Water Layer ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Water Wall ◽  
Safety Mechanism ◽  
Building Facade ◽  
Wall System

Glass façades are widely utilized in green buildings. Ensuring fire safety while reducing the energy need without compromising occupants’ comfort is a challenge in the modern-day green buildings with glass façades. One way of achieving both aspects is to construct a water wall system as a building façade. A water wall system has a water layer between two glass panes and can be considered as a glass façade system. The focus of this review, which builds on the published studies, is how water wall systems can help ensure fire safety and reduce energy demand in green buildings. The water layer within two glass panes of the water wall system store the solar radiation heat throughout the daytime, reducing the amount of heat transferred through the building facade. The reduced heat transfer effects lessen the need for air conditioning to sustain the thermal comfort of the building occupants. The stored energy is released during the nighttime. The transparency of the water wall system also allows daylight to enter the building, thus reducing artificial lighting needs. Furthermore, the water layer acts as a fire safety mechanism in case of a fire. However, the water wall systems are not much utilized in the modern-day green buildings due to their unpopularity and the unavailability of design guidelines. On the basis of the findings of the literature review, stakeholders and the public are encouraged to adopt water wall systems in green building projects as an energy-efficient strategy and a fire safety mechanism.

scholarly journals Green Building Concept with The World’s Largest Seismic Isolated Hospital in Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Kemal Solak
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Leed Certification

Certification systems used to test green buildings have become popular nowadays. In addition, there has been a gradual increase in the involvement of the players in the construction sector and public awareness of sustainability. These systems, which are useful in mitigating the building's environmental impacts, reveal difficulties in their implementation, especially for devoloping countries. Because of the problems affecting the population, such as air pollution and health problems, most world states came together and held conferences to take joint binding decisions. In Turkey, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is first on the total number of certified green buildings, followed by the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) and the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB). This article summarizes the methodology used by some of these rating methods, shows a comparative approach between these rating systems, and provides an overview of how green building relates to sustainable development practices. Lastly, the building of the hospital was analyzed using  LEED certification system as a case study and the differences in the results were evaluated.

GREEN DESIGN AND EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavla Balážová
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Ranking Systems ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Education Of Students

"Buildings represent a sector with huge energy consumption. It is necessary to reduce this consumption, therefore green buildings have become a global trend in recent years. Green Building Councils in various countries, which are members of World Green Building Council global network, develop and administer many of the world’s ratings tools. World Green Building Council was founded in 1998. There are four predominate ranking systems: LED, BREEAM, GREEN STAR and CASBEE. Slovak Green Building Council was established in November 2010. The first green building in the Slovak Republic received LEED certification in 2012. In the paper it is referred to about 17 new and in-use green buildings in Slovakia which received in period 2012-2019 LEED or BREEAM certifications. In fact, there are more green buildings in Slovakia, where there is still the huge potential in applying a green concept in the sector of existing residential buildings and the public buildings sector. There is a lack of legislative and financial support instruments for green buildings in Slovakia, which are under the consideration and do not exist in practice. The BBC 1 Plus – Offices in Bratislava, the first certified green office building in Slovakia, which received in 2012 the second-highest certification – LEED Gold, is described and analysed in details. The necessity of improving the education process in the green design and sustainable architecture of students at Faculties of Civil Engineering and Faculties of Architecture is outlined. The plans for how it is possible to achieve it are presented."

Green Architecture and its applications in Hospitals:Analytical study of existing project to extract the mechanisms of applying green architecture in hospitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Anfal Muayad Mayoof
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Complex Function ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
The One

Hospitals are the major contributor to environmental corruption and the biggest drain onenergy in their life cycle because they are complex, multifunctional giant facilities. Several recent studieshave been carried out to find the most suitable solutions to reduce energy consumption provide it on-siteand contribute to supporting economic, environmental and social aspects. The reason for the slowmovement of green buildings for hospitals is to focus on a suitable design for the complex function thatdeals with the local climate, natural resources, economy and cultural values and avoid the one-size-fits alldesign. This made the solutions used multiple and varied, different for greening of the hospital and put theresearch in the absence of a clear perception of the mechanisms of the application of green architecture inhospitals and this identified the problem of research. Therefore, the study looked at an analytical study ofexisting project models designed according to the strategies and standards of green architecture todetermine the strategies adopted in each project, and by adopting the analytical method after determiningthe strategy used in each building to achieve the green architecture and then comparing them according tothe standards adopted using the global LEED system Green Building Council. The results that will bereached are the mechanisms of applying Green Architecture to Hospitals.

Technology in Architecture – Low Energy Building versus Green and Sustainable Building

2013 ◽  
Vol 649 ◽  
pp. 207-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Bielek ◽  
Boris Bielek ◽  
Juraj Híreš
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Human Economy ◽  
Target Program ◽  
Transitional Phase ◽  
Entire Economy

Interaction - society, ecology and energy. Technology and its three principal areas in society represented by industry, transportation and human settlements. Human settlements and architecture as a symbiosis of function, aesthetics, technology and economics. The criterion of the art in architecture expressed by system link Building - Climate - Energy. New value relationships in the human economy. Transformation of the material sector, energy sector and the entire economy. Low-energy building of today. Green building as an important transitional phase to the target program of sustainable future building.

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